Sentence examples for the further devastation from inspiring English sources

On the packed flight from Damascus to Baghdad I kept rehearsing the message I hoped to deliver personally to Saddam Hussein: The only chance you have to avert the further devastation and suffering of your country and people is to allow unconditional and unfettered access by United Nations weapons inspectors.

The White House finalized a rule making it even easier for coal mining companies to dump the remains of mountaintop removal operations into streams and valleys, paving the way for further devastation of Appalachian forests and river systems.

After the second earthquake, which has brought further devastation to the country, the NGO wants to thank Cristiano Ronaldo and other influential people for their support in publicising the situation facing children and families in Nepal".

In the context of a long-running civil war resulting in massive suffering, death, and displacement over almost three decades, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami brought further devastation to the coastal areas of Sri Lanka and resulted directly in 35,000 deaths, many more injuries, and several hundred thousand people displaced from their homes.

It shored up the sea wall, prevent further devastation and may have helped save houses that were teetering on the edge.

Further devastation followed the conclusion of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, when Irish republican forces unwilling to accept the treaty held the city for a time.

Storm Frank has caused further devastation across the UK with the partial collapse of a 18th century bridge in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire and a pier in Weston-super-Mare in the Bristol Channel.

What stood between our communities and further devastation was the European structural funds, regional funds and social funds that Tory Brexiters would now cut.

He calls climate change a hoax and his policies will wreak further devastation on the environment.

That led to the destruction of a large part of the town, the flight of almost all its inhabitants and its further devastation by occupying British troops.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Indus River breached its banks again on Saturday, bringing further devastation to southern Pakistan, as health officials confirmed the first cases of cholera caused by the worst flooding in Pakistan's history.