Sentence examples for which were devastated from inspiring English sources

The legislation especially helps parts of mountainous western North Carolina, which were devastated in September by floods and landslides resulting from tropical depressions Ivan and Frances.

Sri Lanka's government has pledged to rebuild the north and east, which were devastated in the war, and promised greater autonomy to regional and local governments.

Owens said Irish and UK financial institutions, which were devastated by the financial crisis, saw opportunities worth billions in Islamic finance, either seeking to get a toehold in Islamic countries or attract Islamic institutions to Dublin.

The area at highest risk for major flooding is from Lindenhurst to Freeport in Nassau County, several towns east of Long Beach and the Rockaways, which were devastated in last week's storm.

During the savings and loan crisis, it was too much lending for commercial real estate, particularly in the oil regions of the United States, which were devastated after the collapse of crude prices in the mid-1980s.

Hilly terrain can slow a hurricane, causing it to drench an area with rain, creating mudslides, as in Central America and in Virginia, parts of which were devastated in the early 1970's by the rains of Agnes, a tropical storm.

Earlier, the storm spurred fears of a possible repeat of either typhoon Rusa in 2002 or Maemi in 2003, both of which were devastating storms in South Korea.

Previously, I'd made the mistake of Googling Henry's symptoms; the results of which were devastating, anxiety inducing, and nothing a first-time father needs.

There were so many victims in the area which was devastated.

Willie Mae had moved from the projects to the Lower Ninth Ward, which was devastated by flooding.

It was a similar story in Cockermouth, Cumbria, which was devastated by floods in November 2009.