The phrase "aftermath is the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the consequences or results that follow an event, particularly a significant or negative one.
Example: "The aftermath is the period during which the community began to rebuild after the disaster."
Alternatives: "the consequences are" or "the results are".
"We didn't have a Hurricane Katrina, but the aftermath is the same as if we had," Mr. Falconer said.
What haunts us in the aftermath is the silence at those numbers that have now gone out of service.
No matter how evil wars and their brutal aftermath is, the truth is that what emerges afterword are often larger, more cohesive and peaceful societies with lower homicide rates.
After all, it was superwealthy players, not the general public, who pushed for financial deregulation and thereby set the stage for the economic crisis of 2008-9, a crisis whose aftermath is the main reason for the current budget crunch.
Joseph Moore Jr. Pittsburgh To the Sports Editor: Lost in all the reaction to the indictment of Jerry Sandusky and its aftermath is the collective amnesia of America of all the good that Penn State students do.
Carol Grayson's advice and part-financing for the story of collateral killings in Iraq, their cover-up and aftermath, is the latest part of a remarkable modern pilgrim's progress.
But Anisimov's goal and its aftermath was the biggest story line.
In its aftermath are the inevitable questions about Pakistan's nuclear status — who knew what, and when?
Everybody seems to know that the crisis of 2008 and its aftermath are the most significant since the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed.
And the most newsworthy story from the liang hui aftermath was the hotel detentions.
The murder and its aftermath are the subject of this collection of poems from Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno, Leidy's mother.
