The phrase "a serious problem facing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing significant issues or challenges that are currently affecting a person, group, or situation.
Example: "Climate change is a serious problem facing our planet that requires immediate action from all nations."
Alternatives: "a critical issue confronting" or "a major challenge impacting".
In 1992, the Times reported on a document called "The Manhattan Project," which identified a serious problem facing the Clinton campaign: Voters didn't seem to like Bill, liked Hillary less and were dubious about their marriage.
"We've got a serious problem facing us here, and I hope we get a response soon," Mr. Durbin said late today, adding that he had surveyed flooding downstate a week ago.
Polling conducted by YouGov for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) thinktank – set up by Duncan Smith in 2004 – found that more than 80% of people regarded family breakdown as a serious problem facing society.
In 2011 a group of criminologists studied New Orleans's crime patterns and concluded "the citizens of New Orleans are right in identifying crime as a serious problem facing their city.
This is a serious problem facing millions of men.
"This is a serious problem facing our state," Kashkari said.
Solids production is a serious problem faced by the petroleum industry during production stages.
The lowering of water tables is a serious problem faced by many countries around the world, including India, China, USA and many countries in central Asia (Brown 2005, p. 101 102).
The thread caterpillar Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an insect pest that attacks the lettuce, Lactuca sativa and this is a serious problem faced by farmers in Niassa province due to the fact that at the end of the fourth larval stage it (insect) cuts saplings and compromising agricultural output.
Sixty percent of Americans currently believe gun violence is a very serious problem facing the country, up from 53percentt last November and a record high in HuffPost/YouGov polling since late 2015.
Meanwhile, 65percentt of all Americans agree that climate change is a very serious problem facing the nation.
