Sentence examples for and devastation in the from inspiring English sources
This catastrophic event triggered widespread landslides and devastation in the region, affecting the movement of the people that led to stranding of pilgrims in various pilgrimage routes.
Despite the death and devastation in the widows' stories, the most powerful imagery in the Hidden Half of the Moon emerges from simple scenes of tenderness, even romance.
It triggered avalanches in the Langtang valley and on Mount Everest, and devastation in the quake zone on an unimaginable scale.
Mr. Obasanjo said he had been saddened and shocked by the "carnage and devastation" in the northern city of Kaduna and the southern town of Aba.
It's an idea that has been made more tangible by the tragic loss of life and devastation in the Philippines caused by super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful observed storms of recent decades.
Half admit to being interested, half say that it left them indifferent, or that they couldn't give a damn about it — and she counts herself in the second half, suggesting how jarring a contrast the images of the happy couple in their golden coach were, juxtaposed with the scenes of horror and devastation in the Middle East.
"A tsunami of curriculum and qualification changes threaten to engulf schools and colleges as Ofqual, the qualification agency, marches on - leaving dismay and devastation in its wake," she told the conference.
"I would like to take a moment to talk about the heartbreak and devastation in Louisiana, a state that is very, very special to me," he said.
As long as we continue to pursue boondoggles like carbon capture and storage schemes, which will only increase coal mining production and the devastation in the coalfields, we will blindside any progress for a clean energy future.
He serves as a special assistant in the government but warns that the ecological and human devastation in the Niger delta, one of the world's largest wetlands, is worse than ever.
In the event of a flood, cooperative actions among communities can lead to a great probability of decreased damage, deaths and economic devastation in the affected communities.
