The phrase "are now devastating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a current situation or event that is causing significant harm or destruction.
Example: "The floods in the region are now devastating, leaving many families without homes."
Alternatives: "are currently wreaking havoc" or "are now causing destruction."
Gen. John Kelly of the Marines, whose Southern Command oversees Guantánamo Bay, explained the motivation of the detainees at a Congressional hearing last month by saying, "They had great optimism that Guantánamo would be closed" based on President Obama's pledge in his first campaign, but they are now "devastated" that nothing has changed.
Forests of trees are now devastated to produce the paper on which self-serving studies and reports have been printed by both sides of the SRO debate.
To remind them that these men have families who are now devastated and suffering.
I highly doubt that said straight women are now devastated to hear that they are no longer welcome to host their "I'm the bride and it's my day" party at The Abbey enough to call a manifestation in protest of the ban.
Drug gangs are now found in small towns throughout the mid-west and the Rockies; crack, once a plague of the ghettos, is now devastating the poorer parts of the rural South.The numbers tell the story.
The President is seriously handicapped by the fact that 60,000 of his best troops are engaged on the Mongolian frontier in checking the advance toward China of the Hunghutzes, the band of brigands which is now devastating inner Mongolia.
The longest global coral bleaching event in history is now devastating reefs in the crystal clear waters of the Maldives, with images released exclusively to the Guardian powerfully illustrating the extent of the damage there.
She believes her dream of Tutsis and Hutus living together will be fulfilled — but a new menace is now devastating Burundi.
They could see that their economy was now devastated.
