The extreme loads generated by blast events, both man-made and accidental, can cause devastating consequences for structures and their components.
The Court concluded that the relevant authorities were aware of the mudslides (the hazards) and their capacity to cause devastating consequences (the risks).
Cyprus is trying to balance its relations with the US and Russia, while at the same time being a member of the EU: a dangerous brinkmanship that – if not handle delicately – may cause devastating consequences for the entire country.
Although heterozygous mutation in a single gene might have no effect, disruption of multiple genes could combine in an individual to cause devastating consequences on embryonic development.
More importantly, Chlamydia can cause devastating consequences of infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, or even abortion in humans [ 8, 27], especially for people exposed to Chlamydia infection by working with rabbits, which increased the possibility to be infected [ 14, 28].
Such gene imbalances often have devastating consequences and cause 25% of all miscarriages and stillbirths, and 50%60%% of first-trimester miscarriages.
An Israeli attack on Iran would likely draw the United States into yet another war we can't afford and would cause an increase in oil prices that would have devastating consequences for our struggling economy.
Medications, like haloperidol, that may be used to control hallucinations in Alzheimer's disease can have devastating consequences for someone with LBD, hastening disease progression or even causing death.
And while a malfunction in a fission reactor can have devastating consequences, fusion reactions are by nature extremely difficult to sustain; they therefore pose little threat of propagating out of control and causing large-scale disasters.
This would have devastating consequences.
