Sentence examples for devastation caused to from inspiring English sources

That September, the Iraqi Water Ministry was trying to cope with the devastation caused to Iraq's ancient irrigation canals in the breadbasket areas south of Baghdad.

Rebecca Hoskin, a camerawoman who had seen the devastation caused to marine life by plastic bags while filming in the Pacific, became a one-woman campaign.

It is not possible to compile an exact balance sheet of the devastation caused to Southern Africa by the slave trade, and historians differ in their estimation of the numbers involved and of the extent of the damage inflicted.

The International Monetary Fund estimate of a 5.5% decline in gross domestic product this year looks wildly optimistic given hyper-inflation and the devastation caused to the eastern half of the country.

Right here in New Haven, in the New Haven Hospital, pathologists wrote that the devastation caused to the lungs more than anything else resembled the effects of poisonous gases used in World War I,-like phosgene or chlorine, were the comparisons that came to their mind.

Back in 1997, I spent time assisting Baroness Lucy Faithfull as she became one of the prime movers of this act, while seeing for myself the devastation caused to young lives and families by the actions of sex tourists from western industrialised countries.

The everlasting devastation they caused to the families of the men they killed was evident to everyone, including Judith Clark herself, according to Tom Robbins's article.

"The devastation that was caused to our properties many of which were brand new homes was unbelievable.

Each has paid a high price for his sexual misdeeds in power, prestige, wealth, and respect, not to mention the devastation it has caused to wives and children.

Campaigners of all stripes use powerful images and stories to capture our attention and influence aid budgets -- from toppled buildings in Bangladesh, to devastation caused by droughts and storms, to hunger episodes in far flung places.

In the next 20 years, because of the devastation caused by AIDS to workers between 20 and 49, the average age of the work force is likely to decrease by at least two years, said the I.L.O.