Sentence examples for rain devastated from inspiring English sources

Last year's heavy rain devastated harvests and led to widespread flooding which damaged more than 8,000 homes and businesses, causing the deaths of several people.

At least 24 hours of constant heavy rain devastated the camp and volunteers said local officers were refusing to allow them access to the camp with supplies to rebuild it.

In March 2012, flooding caused by torrential rain devastated the western and northern parts of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, leaving more than 8,000 people sheltered in 91 evacuation centres.

The abatis hampered British efforts to reach the fort and allowed the French to rain devastating musket fire onto the advancing troops.

A few months ago, torrential rains devastated the region that lies beneath Total's operations, uprooting nearly half the palm trees in the area and killing 44 people.

Though the 2011 storm's winds and rains devastated parts of the region, particularly to the north, the surge did not breach the sea walls of Manhattan or Brooklyn significantly enough to cause major flooding in the city.

These rains devastated Clifton along the San Francisco River valley.

Yet, the Ethiopian government called for international assistance to help feed 8.2 million people after erratic rains devastated crop yields, earlier this year.