The phrase "a number of devastating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe multiple instances or occurrences that are extremely damaging or harmful.
Example: "The report highlighted a number of devastating consequences resulting from the environmental disaster."
Alternatives: "several catastrophic" or "many destructive".
While a number of devastating events led her to commit to a lone backpacking journey, the successfully completed endeavor proved to be most fulfilling.
Gates' account of his first visit to Soweto was just one of a number of devastating anecdotes the couple shared in their speech, which detailed the advocacy work they have pursued in the areas of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Australia has suffered a number of devastating wildfires that have impacted many developed parts of the country, including the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
Europe has been the site of a number of devastating terrorist plots, but some have turned out later to be less than met the eye when announced.
Such judicial politesse will be on the mind of Juppé's current boss, Nicolas Sarkozy, who is now facing a number of devastating inquiries in the run up to the presidential election in April/May.
Across its other border North Korea reconnected a Red Cross-operated hotline with the South, the first direct line of communication the two sides have had since the North shelled a South Korean island in November.There were a number of devastating floods worldwide.
But, a number of schools were devastated by the typhoon, and those that weren't entirely destroyed are now housing evacuees and displaced persons.
And the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has told the more than 8,000 doctors in its membership that shortages seem to be "widespread across a number of states" and are "devastating" for children.
But transplant pioneers say that the psychological effects of facial damage from injuries, birth defects, burns and a number of diseases can be psychologically devastating.
The tsunami that followed the 8.9-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc along a huge stretch of Japan's north-east coast, sweeping far inland and devastating a number of towns and villages.
The tsunami that followed the 8.9-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc along a huge stretch of on Japan's north-east coast, sweeping far inland and devastating a number of towns and villages.
