On May 12 , 2008 a magnitude-7.9 earthquake brought enormous devastation to the mountainous central region of Sichuan province in southwestern China.
Given the enormous devastation, this was a remarkably small number.
Some controversy existed regarding the role of the media, although all were in agreement that this natural disaster created enormous devastation and tragedy in a country where dire conditions existed before the earthquake.
Despite having suffered enormous devastation during World War II, Japan enjoyed an economic miracle in the second half of the 20th century, during which time the yen became one of the leading international currencies, challenging the pound sterling and the dollar on international markets.
Striking on May 12 , 2008 the quake brought enormous devastation to the mountainous central region of Sichuan province in southwestern China.
Hard-pressed authorities in the port cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, on the desperately poor and conflict-torn southern island of Mindanao, are struggling to cope with the enormous devastation left by tropical storm Washi.
While the nation hangs on stories of remarkable rescues by the more than 140,000 relief and medical workers involved in the effort, the grim realities of the enormous devastation that has destroyed this region are settling in.
It would not be a surprise if it exceeds the 6,500 or so killed in the 1995 Kobe earthquake.However hard it is to come to grips with the enormous devastation, another crisis is playing out in real time: the risk of a Three-Mile-Island-style radiation leakage at a nuclear-power plant in Fukushima prefecture, 250 miles north of Tokyo.
For example, in 1985 Mexico City Earthquake, the Mexico City had experienced enormous devastation in spite of being 350 km from the epicentre, mainly because of site amplifications of alluvial soft deposits.
In Saint Martin, which is partially French and partially Dutch, Irma wrought "enormous devastation," according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
