Sentence examples for sustaining severe damage from inspiring English sources

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

And while the coastal zone of the Northwest does not have as much residential and business development as that slammed by the Japanese tsunami, the earthquake risks farther inland along the Pacific Northwest could well end up sustaining severe damage, he said.

Some hours later the frigate struck a hidden reef and grounded, sustaining severe damage to her hull.

Speculation is high that Angeles Crest Highway, closed at the La Cañada border since sustaining severe damage from heavy rains last January, will reopen next week.

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

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.

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.