Sentence examples for devastating weekend from inspiring English sources

Utility crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in northwest Connecticut yesterday, but high winds and the lingering effects of a devastating weekend ice storm hampered the work, closed schools, littered roads with branches and left 62,000 customers without electricity for a second day.

"This was a devastating weekend, and it's going to be hard to celebrate this," Schumacher said.

For a second day Thursday, Israel conducted no airstrikes on Palestinian territory, as it did after the devastating weekend suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa.

Storms expected to hit the central United States this afternoon are bringing fears of additional flooding after a devastating weekend of heavy rains left at least 11 people dead and 12 missing in Oklahoma and Texas, according to news reports.

A few weeks ago after a devastating weekend for Aggie athletics, with volleyball losing, soccer losing, and football's crushing loss to LSU at Kyle Field, I explained how in the SEC we would go through struggles and it was time for our athletics to truly answer the question once and for all, 'Are the Aggies ready for SEC play?'.

And the horror continues, the 250 Iraqis killed by car bombings this weekend a devastating reminder of the chaos for which Blair must take responsibility.

Mountain rescue teams had come from all over the country to help, including a team from Mytholmroyd, which was itself devastated by the weekend flooding, and others from Wales, the Lake District, Plymouth and Dartmouth.

For restaurants, losing power just hours after the traditional big Thursday delivery that usually sees them through the weekend was particularly devastating.

Firefighters had been gaining ground on the fire last week, but the high heat and wind over the weekend proved to be devastating.

The hosts also worked tirelessly to contain David Silva's influence and prevent Sergio Agüero devastating their defence as he did John Terry and co the previous weekend.

[Euractiv.com] A weekend of torrential rains in Britain's southwest caused devastating flooding, as shown in this slide show, as several rivers burst their banks, flooding fields, towns and homes.