The phrase "and the devastation is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent or impact of destruction or damage in a particular context.
Example: "The storm has left the town in ruins, and the devastation is beyond what we could have imagined."
Alternatives: "and the destruction is" or "and the damage is".
"We have limited means, and the devastation is huge," he said, looking weary after having just received pictures of fresh flooding and casualties.
The effect has been staggering: rainforests, which provide us with so much, from oxygen production to carbon storage, once covered 14 per cent of the earth's surface; now, they cover about 6 per cent, and the devastation is continuing.
It couldn't be a sadder tale, one he started reporting for TomDispatch in 2005 -- even then the subject was "devastation". Nine years later, he's back in "A Nation on the Brink" and the devastation is almost beyond imagining.
That's how pervasive and profound the devastation is around here.
Their buildings and their communities did not have the infrastructure in place to handle such a disaster, and therefore the devastation is that much greater.
"These improvements in the face of the general devastation look small and insignificant because the devastation is so much bigger," said Haidar Minathar, an Iraqi author, actor and director.
The reality is now stark and quantifiable, they stated, and in some areas the devastation is irreversible: we are already too late, for example, to avert the effects of the recent rises in sea levels.
It's the worst crisis ever to hit the Great Barrier Reef and the extent of the devastation is only just coming to light.
And, in short order, the devastation is followed by an 8.2 earthquake, which compromises the seals of Monument's chemical-weapon storage facility.
The devastation is complete and utter and life will never be the same again.
I'm down in the New Orleans area, and I must say that the devastation is even more amazing than I'd expected.
