We are not to question God why tragedy strikes.
God is good. Satan comes to seek, steal, and destroy.
But the Bible is specific on blessings and curses for those nations who are for and against Israel.
God has conditions in 2 Chronicles 7:14 that He will forgive and heal our land if we repent and change our ways.
He doesn't answer pray for husbands who don't love their wives...
Nations are judged by their leaders. I believe that those events were the result of attempts to change the covenant borders of Isreal.
Do you think He uses the wife's opinion as His standard?