Sentence examples for large-scale devastation from inspiring English sources

While much attention was focused on tourists caught in the Pacific resort of Acapulco, even grimmer reports emerged from that hard-hit region, where villages were largely cut off from aid and may have suffered large-scale devastation.

The destruction of Afghanistan's giant Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001 underlined the effort needed for large-scale devastation.

She notes that social media's global reach has facilitated an overwhelming awareness of issues ranging from personal hardship to large-scale devastation.

If the beetle does succeed in naturalizing, we move from concerns over reduced bio-diversity and crowding out of native species to large-scale devastation.

Initial reports from Dominica suggest large-scale devastation, with 90% of buildings damaged or destroyed by the storm, which made landfall with the island on Monday.

But ten years after Katrina left 80% of the city underwater and wreaked large-scale devastation, there is another story to be told about the city: an estimated 100,000 of the city's poorest African-American residents, notoriously vilified in 2005, have been unable to return.

Despite large-scale flood devastation and high risk, the objectives had been achieved.

Despite large-scale flood devastation and high risk, the objectives had been achieved – no major outbreak of diseases was reported in either Bihar of Uttar Pradesh.

When you read or hear news of large-scale suffering and devastation like this, how do you react?

The following year, he traveled to the Midwest to document the large-scale human and environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl, producing what would soon become iconic photographs of tenant farm families and drought-stricken land.

Although it is not abundantly clear how well modern medicine will be able to prevent devastation during such a large-scale infectious disease disaster, it is widely recognized that advance planning holds promise to temper the extent of devastation.