Sentence examples for devastating crops from inspiring English sources

Just as the deer supply began to dwindle, a drought hit in the 1100s, devastating crops.

A severe hurricane in August 1951 temporarily stalled development by devastating crops and killing about 150 people.

Waterfowl inhabit the reed beds of the great rivers, as do locusts, which periodically migrate in immense swarms, devastating crops.

But the rains frequently turn to floods, devastating crops, destroying homes and prompting outbreaks of diseases and diarrhoea.

And in 1995, with the economy already in steep decline, the country suffered its worst floods of the century, devastating crops and unleashing a famine.

— Eric Asimov The Economist: Destroying tomato, pepper and grape harvests, stink bugs — aggressive invasives brought to the United States from Asia in the 1990's — have no predators and are devastating crops.

And in some years, volatile local weather patterns have led to too little water being distributed to farmers who then face devastating crop losses.

Deciphering the molecular mechanisms involved in infection is important for the control of devastating crop diseases.

The bugs could potentially devastate crops in warm southern states.

In the surrounding villages water shortages devastated crops.

It can devastate crops by ruining coffee berries and the quality of the coffee.