The phrase "appalling problems" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe issues or challenges that are shocking, disturbing, or extremely bad in nature.
Example: "The report highlighted several appalling problems within the healthcare system that need immediate attention."
Alternatives: "shocking issues" or "outrageous challenges."
They came to marvel at his solution to the appalling problems caused by untreated sewage and contaminated water supplies in a rapidly expanding city, which led to epidemics of killer diseases including cholera.
"Traditional" as some may find him, Solzhenitsyn can pose appalling problems for the translator, with his highly condensed, elliptical syntax, his urge to counter the legacy of anaemic Soviet-speak with vigorous examples of regional and obsolescent vocabulary, and his blurring of narrators' and characters' voices, exploiting a linguistic flexibility which English lacks.
However, passengers reported "appalling" problems as the first services left terminals shortly after 8am.
From Curt Johnson, a member of the 20th Armored Division: The most traumatic event occurred when, as the chief of staff's radio operator, I received a haunting message in early April that became a horribly appalling problem and the basis for the Nuremberg war crimes trials of Nazis accused of crimes against humanity.
Among the challenges bequeathed to Maduro, who assumed the presidency by a razor-thin majority in elections last April, two have been pressing: an appalling problem of crime and corruption that has propelled Venezuela into the top 10 of global corruption and homicide indices; and a dysfunctional economy.
Double-digit housing inflation is not merely creating appalling social problems and division between classes and generations but grossly distorting investment from productive activities to property holding.
It subsequently became a useful food for the Italian poor who for a long time suffered appalling health problems from eating inadequately prepared maize.
The disaster highlighted appalling safety problems in Bangladesh's $30bn garment industry and triggered global concern as protesters demanded action from western retailers.
In its lead editorial, the Daily Express says it's obscene that in a country as rich as ours we have such appalling health problems coming down the line.
Lima battles traffic chaos Jump to media player The new mayor of the Peruvian capital Lima is the latest in a string of officials tasked with tackling the city's appalling traffic problems.
The Govt. has finally announced that it proposes to do something about London's appalling traffic problem.
