Sentence examples for natural devastation from inspiring English sources

Then the natural devastation descended.

But it's part of a wider delusion: that natural devastation – hastened and magnified by manmade stupidity – is something that happens to others.

In the last few years, Ecuador has undergone tremendous political, economic and natural devastation, leaving it in a position in which the average Ecuadorean has little chance of finding work or being able to pay for even the most basic commodities.

Typhoon Haiyan, the monster storm that set a Hiroshima-level standard for natural devastation when it hit the Philippines on Friday, was so big that its spiral image laid over a map of the United States stretches nearly from sea to shining sea.

Madonna only performed the song once at the Live Earth concert, London, where she was joined by a choir of school children who provided backing vocals to her singing while the backdrops displayed images relevant to the song's message, like natural devastations, different cultures and political leaders.

When crew members did arrive, they underwent a transition that happens to many longtime storm chasers — from appreciators of the natural beauty to witnesses of raw devastation.

We have only to turn on the TV to see one of the wealthiest and most technologically sophisticated corporations in the world unable to stop an oil leak threatening natural and human devastation.

A Womble may never experience the fog on the Tyne, but natural disaster and personal devastation should transcend imaginary boundaries.

"We have saved Long Island Sound and its precious natural resources from the devastation of this huge floating factory," Mr. Blumenthal said.

As a consequence, this matter of factly named album, the debut by a supergroup of Americana artists, under-promises, giving little hint of the yearning, devastation or natural phenomena swirling within.

Returning to Robin Shelley's initial tip on travelling to gain first-hand experience of your social mission, Forkan discussed how his unique childhood, spent travelling and volunteering across the world, caused him to witness first-hand the devastation of natural disasters.