The phrase "a devastating series of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sequence of events or actions that have a severe or harmful impact.
Example: "The region experienced a devastating series of natural disasters that left many communities in ruins."
Alternatives: "a catastrophic sequence of" or "a tragic chain of".
Many Pakistanis blame the strikes for a devastating series of insurgent attacks in Pakistan.
But after a devastating series of earthquakes hit Nepal in spring 2015, enrollment dropped to 55.
"It's the worst scenario we could've pictured, given it's on the heels of a devastating series of mortalities," Pettis said.
Several women came forward in a devastating series of revelations to accuse Cain of acting inappropriately towards them.
On Aug. 15, those insurgents pulled off a devastating series of attacks across Iraq, killing more than 90 people and wounding more than 300.
The North, meanwhile, has become more skilled at launching cyberattacks — some through China — at South Korean banks and television networks, including a devastating series of intrusions in March.
The construction of the barrier was a response by Israel to the devastating series of bomb attacks on Israeli Jews in Jerusalem by Islamic and other militants in the West Bank.
Address the year's devastating series of transport disasters?
— It might have been the Knicks' final practice in a jam-packed season of lengthy winning streaks, lengthy losing streaks, the rise of a global phenomenon, the ousting of a coach and a series of devastating injuries.
Ida Tarbell (whose father had been ruined by Rockefeller) proved to be the most devastating critic: a series of brilliant articles in McClure's magazine aired Rockefeller's dirty laundry and popularised the term robber baron.
The mass abduction of the girls watched over by government soldiers is the most devastating in a series of recent attacks on state schools – and comes as the government debates extending a year-long state of emergency across three north-eastern states from which the militants have operated for five years.
