Sentence examples for sustained severe damage from inspiring English sources

Several monastery buildings sustained severe damage in the quake, according to the press release, including the main temple.

Several buildings along the coast in the Biloxi area sustained severe damage, but many of the older houses near the Gulf of Mexico there fared remarkably well.

Numerous U.S. Navy ships that were in port at the Charleston Naval Station sortied, several of which (notably the frigate and the destroyer tender sustained severe damage riding the storm out at sea.

In 2006, amid an ongoing period of political instability, Honiara's Chinatown sustained severe damage in postelection rioting.

Al Qaeda has sustained severe damage, perhaps enough to make it difficult, if not impossible, for the group to launch new terrorist operations.

Jacmel sustained severe damage in the Haiti earthquake of 2010, with significant loss of life and the damage or destruction of a large proportion of the town's buildings.

Based on JBDPA, Meada and Kang (2009) and Nakano et al. (2004) showed in several studies that when a structure sustains severe damage (corresponding to the CP performance level in FEMA356) crushing and spalling of the concrete cover with consequent exposed reinforcement is observed.

Apoptosis is a possible consequence of damaged cells, especially for those cells that sustain severe damage to DNA.

Much of the city has been rebuilt according to the original general plan after sustaining severe damage by bombing during World War II.

4 13-1856 209-251 13-18 3.9-5.5 well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls.

In Haiti, where more than 500 were killed by Hurricane Matthew one year ago, preliminary indications suggested that the hit had perhaps not been as bad as feared, though some communities clearly did sustain severe damage.