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Sentence Examples A family of four from Pewsey has spoken of its narrow escape from the flooding disaster that devastated the Cornish village of Boscastle. A terrified Essex family waded waist-deep through a raging torrent to escape flash floods which devastated a Cornish village. Without the work these planters do, soils would erode, hillsides would slide into streams, and entire habitats would be devastated. King Philip's War, waged between the English and an alliance of Wampanoag, Nipmuk, and Narragansett Indians, devastated Eliot's missions. Fishermen around the coast with the exception of the south and west would be devastated, he said. The devastated parents of a man murdered in a Bolton town centre street have issued an emotional plea to help catch his killer. He said the crash had devastated the entire station and emotions were still raw. The Edomites sided with the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar when they conquered Judah and devastated Jerusalem. The family were devastated and two years after they are still trying to cope. When I got home he'd questioned me and I'd refused to tell, even though I was devastated by it. He remains devastated by the defeat, after 18 years representing the constituency. The sand bird mother was totally devastated by her loss, and cried out her grief in the jungle. I think I speak for many Australians here when I say we were devastated by the attack. Clearly, Aggie's mother and father were absolutely devastated at the loss of their daughter. More are needed to ensure that the York's tourist trade is not devastated by a spell of wet weather. Unless income can be generated from elsewhere, many tourist businesses will be devastated. The battle for Manila lasted two weeks and devastated the city and its population. It devastated the city bringing the financial capital of India to a grinding halt. Our fine city has been devastated by the floods and many people have had their properties severely damaged. Flanders in Belgium had been all but destroyed with the ancient city of Ypres being devastated. Show More Sentences A pub which was devastated by fire has reopened and plans are being made to hold charity events to raise money for a good cause. But it is bound to dent the widespread public sympathy to those devastated by foot and mouth disease. Instead there was a large demand for utilities and fishing boats within the devastated community. She found the pensioner wandering shocked and dazed surrounded by the rubble from her devastated home. Orissa was recently devastated by the deadliest cyclone of the century causing death and destruction on an unheard of scale. Though almost everyone agreed with the manuscript's message, the cyborgs still devastated the human population. Within a hundred years, industrial hunters and fishermen devastated the populations of sea otters, fur seals and whales. It's thought that two freight trains collided, sparking a giant fireball that devastated the surrounding area. I was devastated, and mourned Daddy's passing for twelve, thirteen, maybe even fourteen minutes. There is a scent of change in the air, as a devastated people eagerly interpret the smallest of signs as portents of a new beginning. The floodwater has left his business devastated, with a water mark more than a foot high still visible yesterday lunchtime. His legend was born out of the Battle of Badon Hill, a battle which devastated the invading Saxon army. It was a fitting reward for the family from the Eyre Peninsula, whose property at Greenpatch was devastated during recent fires. Raul, as much as anyone, will be devastated if the pre-match favourites do not win through. Wildlife rescuers said they were shocked and devastated by three incidents, which have happened in the past week. But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision. Aids has devastated the social and economic fabric of African societies and made orphans of a whole generation of children. All he could see was a cloud of dust and smoke rising from the devastated Stable Block. The young Francoise, sent to continue her schooling in Holland, culturally and climatically a world apart from Java, was devastated. She wondered if she would be less devastated if she hadn't witnessed the parting of her father's soul, but couldn't find a definite answer. Show More Sentences And even though the man who chucked me was the idiot who made me sleep on a camp bed for two-and-a-half years, I was devastated. While the world around us is devastated by such horrible things, we watch on. In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee. Their resources destroyed, their water supply devastated, their hospitals bombed, overstrained and collapsing. But we are as devastated and disappointed as anybody by the news that these Herculean efforts may not be enough. So when heartless thieves ransacked and stole decorations from outside his Netley home he was devastated. A devastated mum is heartbroken after thieves stole a tender tribute from her daughter's grave. A devastated mother today spoke of her heartbreak after losing three sons in tragic circumstances. But one of the reasons we protect our children, for example, is that we believe we would be devastated if they were harmed or killed. Activists feared attacks would only harm a population already devastated by two decades of war and famine. He was shocked and devastated when he got his cards after more than three decades of service. Carolyn leaves behind two brothers and a stepbrother, who were last night said to be totally devastated. My two sons who live in Bury, Barry's half-brothers, are devastated by his death. Though unlike the 1968 version, where we've nuked ourselves and devastated the planet, there's no actual evidence of that here. Yes, this country could be devastated by terrorism, or a meteor strike, or some economic calamity. Tears flowed freely and words of comfort and condolence were repeated over and over to the devastated family. What it basically does is it further victimizes people who have already been devastated. She was devastated when her parrot Charlie, cockatiel Molly and two budgies, Billy and Gregory, all died within hours of each other. Later, I was devastated when a newsflash announced the plane had crashed, killing all on board. The entire Utahn culture is being devastated by this totally irresponsible policy. Show More Sentences The 8th century was a period of crisis for the empire, assaulted externally and devastated internally by a series of natural disasters. He was devastated and resigned himself to a life without joy or love, choosing instead to look for his heart in the bottom of a bottle. Schoolchildren have been left devastated after their new Wendy house was smashed up by yobs. These were upsetting photos of effects of people burned by napalm and vegetation devastated by Agent Orange. The course includes five boroughs in New York but doesn't go down to the district that has been devastated. Both his parents and hospital staff were devastated by his sudden and unexpected death. Saluting the coffin after the service as pipers skirled a haunting lament, he looked devastated. Sophie started skating at the Altrincham Ice Rink four years ago, and was devastated when it was closed in April. We called them home and together we all sat frozen, unbelieving, shocked and devastated for the rest of the Sabbath. Roads and ports were swept away, making it impossible to get to some of the most devastated areas quickly. He was, quite simply, a terrific guy, and everyone here is just devastated at the news. When he suddenly dies from blackwater fever, a potent form of malaria, his devastated friend goes it alone. A parallel economy generated by black money has devastated the fiscal health of India. A bereaved couple have been left devastated after their stillborn baby's grave was destroyed in a sickening arson attack. Sadie, 38, who has three children with Jude, has now offered the devastated actress a shoulder to cry on. Our recent outbreak of bird flu has devastated the poultry industry of a number of countries. In devastated areas, short-wave radios are likely to be more common and reliable than Internet connections. The devastated parents, who already had a daughter, risked trying for another child and had a second healthy baby girl. Well, introduced species have devastated species such as bilbies on the land, and we believe that the same sort of thing is happening in the sea. For decades, the coral formations and their marine life have been literally devastated by crude dynamite fishing techniques and trawling. Show More Sentences A year after the earthquake that devastated Gujarat, local people still live in tents or temporary shelters. The devastated parents of a tragic two-year-old girl who died after choking told of their heartache last night. And then he headed to Florida to tour areas that are devastated by those recent hurricanes. We are totally devastated by her death and still cannot believe what has happened. Inside it devastated him, but he forced the pain back and on the outside he put on a calm and serene face. The only option left now for the devastated Democratic party is to rally together and show some semblance of a united front. Nigel's devastated parents made a number of attempts to contact their son through mediums and the spiritualist church. In a span of about ten seconds, Jane went from shocked, to deliriously happy to devastated. In the same year the Hawaiian Islands, Spain, England and Latin America are also devastated by seaquakes and floods. Seemingly, by listening to an itinerant, well-heeled failure talk about his screw-ups, people feel less devastated by their own mistakes. That's what got him sent beyond the back of beyond to pull a completely devastated land into flourishing prosperity in less than a decade. It was completely devastated by Turkmen tribes, the hordes of Tamerlane, and the Persian Safavids. So devastated, in fact, that many of his friends wondered if professional soccer had seen the last of the big, amiable Liverpudlian. The devastated land included farms leased to tenants by Vermeer's mother-in-law. The future is always depicted as a place where a technical fix has gone wrong, where androids stalk a devastated urban landscape. There was no replanting, no trees left standing for reseeding, and areas devoid of pines were left unsightly and environmentally devastated. Flash flooding caused bridges to collapse and landslides are blocking roads to devastated coastal villages. The focus now is completely on getting relief and assistance into these devastated areas. Many devastated householders are now trying to sort out homes that are at best damp and at worst in need of serious building work. We are absolutely devastated, we just don't know what to do with ourselves. Show More Sentences I was devastated, as, whilst I had used a wok in England, I preferred to grill or roast our food! Emerging from the war physically devastated, Europe began a process of both economic and political reconstruction. Some 250,000 sea birds were killed and the local fishing industry was devastated. Yesterday, we had a tremor that they said was an aftershock from a big earthquake that devastated Turkey. I was devastated when Marks and Spencer closed in Paris, I absolutely loved its mature cheddar and those little cakes with white sugar on top. They were considering going scuba diving when the tsunami devastated the coastline. A devastated couple has told of their grief following the death of their baby son. Christine took the bad news well enough but the rest of the Top 9 contestants were devastated to see their fellow singer sent home. We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated. They discovered this entirely by accident, when a fire devastated their home. This poignant illustration of devastated motherhood exemplifies the problematics of literalizing Beloved on screen. In eastern Scotland, as in other parts of Europe devastated by Scandinavian attacks, the raiders ' immediate legacy was political and social dislocation. Last Friday, eight people were killed and scores more injured by a car bomb so powerful that it devastated an entire city block. For times when grief and loss abide within consciousness, a book like this can be sustaining because it is permission to be devastated within the promise of consolation. When Yates walked out on him after 18 years, he was devastated. Three thousand fish have been released into the River Tame in Stockport to restore life to a waterway devastated by a major pollution incident earlier this year. She was devastated and traumatised in the aftermath of the landslide. Like thousands of others in this devastated city, this woman has lost all her wares and livelihood, in one terrifying morning of wholesale destruction. It has left everybody here, without exception, just devastated. The country that once sought to slaughter Paul was devastated by his demise. Show More Sentences Their home probably will be devastated, too, but they received no demolition notice. Of course, the South was much stronger than in the 1870s, not devastated by a war and extremely well represented in Congress. And the town of Moore was no longer known just for the tornado that devastated it a year ago. The African American community has been devastated by HIV, especially in the South. I was devastated the first time I was deleted, and dumbfounded each time thereafter. Madeline is devastated by guilt and anguished over her helplessness. Now another monologue, also spoken by a woman who has experienced more than most can fathom, has left me entranced and devastated. Clark Cotton Zambia in Chipata has complained that the load-shedding has devastated the ginning of cotton and has pushed up the company's operation costs. Remember, Japan was the most devastated country in World War II, in terms of the atomic ruin of major cities and the destruction of the old order. When Dan Honig was getting ready to slaughter a steer for the first time, he expected to feel devastated. He said he was devastated because Levi's and fashion were his passions. When her chemotherapy finished in March 2003 she hoped to regain a normal life but she and her family were devastated when tests revealed she had relapsed. Schools across the devastated region have been reduced to matchsticks. Thus we were ordered to tipsily navigate the darkened, traffic light-less, wreckage covered streets to our hot, powerless, and, in some cases, devastated homes. Maria swatted him away and laughed, but I could see how devastated she was. Given the circumstances, of course, it is difficult to conceive of how she could have been anything other than devastated when her father first set his cap at Heather. Opie is devastated, Anthony is unrepentant, and their fans are livid and seeking revenge. He produced a play about the Persian slaughter of the Milesians, a disaster that devastated the Athenians who were deeply partisan to the Milesian cause. In this time of tribulation for these two gorgeous, devastated stars, I would like to offer my services, not as transcontinental gossip provider, but as celebrity matchmaker! Mrs Moffat told the inquest that Mrs Seaton had been devastated over the temporary split but did not think the relationship was going to work out. Show More Sentences Fallin has received high marks for her leadership after a tornado devastated the town of Moore. So, why did the luxury brand decide to put so much at stake and introduce produce from the devastated region on its menus? Satellite sensors imaged the resulting pattern of crests and troughs into the series of tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas throughout parts of the Indian Ocean. On June 15, Mount Pinatubo spewed ash 40 km into the air and produced huge ash flows and mudflows that devastated a large area around the volcano. If the winds begin to push the oil slick to the east, Florida's Panhandle could be devastated. He was devastated when a doctor first broke the news to him. While on her honeymoon with poet W.B. Yeats, she was devastated to discover he was pining for another woman. Orkney is one of the few places in Britain to be free of the deadly varroa mites that have devastated honey production in many parts of the world. The death of such an ambitious, determined, talented and popular young man, with his life in front of him, has left his parents and brothers devastated. The island was directly in the path of the hurricane which devastated neighbouring Grenada, but was spared at the last minute when it suddenly veered off course. Potato brown rot and rhizomania, which attacks sugar beet, and the South American leaf miner are other imported diseases and pests that have devastated crops. Generators that could be powering devastated houses are going to be used to power tents for race officials and the media. In Detroit, as the auto industry cut jobs and spun off its auto parts manufacturing, often to nonunion companies, the incomes and communities of workers were devastated. I wish I had the chance to know him, all the recon guys admired him, looked up to him, and are devastated by his loss. Four decades of turmoil have devastated archaeological sites, but the chaos has also resurfaced previously buried treasures. But he looked devastated so I didn't have the heart to be too cross. I imagine that the entire world except my tram, bus or train carriage was devastated in some cataclysm, leaving only these passengers to rebuild the world. Last year, fires devastated the forests of Far Eastern Russia, where conservation efforts had apparently stabilised numbers of the Amur tiger at 300-400 adults and subadults. Friday Generations of footie fans are devastated to learn that Subbuteo is to be kicked into touch after keeping fingers flicking for more than 50 years. A major initiative aimed at supporting and succouring rural Yorkshire communities devastated by foot-and-mouth is to be launched by the Church of England. Show More Sentences Emigrant John Hackney's complaints along the Platte road in 1864 remind us how overlanders had devastated the great valley's timber and forage beds. He resigned following a torrent of attacks on his performance after the August 29 superstorm that devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region. He drew a parallel between the US city devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the island states which scientists believe are under threat unless the process is halted. Public infrastructure has been devastated and the Secretary General of the DRC in Goma requisitioned all revenue generated by public utilities and parastatals. Johannah was devastated and put into motion a petition for clemency. A student who died when she was knocked down by a car on a York pelican crossing had dreamed of winning a Nobel Prize, her devastated sisters revealed today. I think he's a man of great integrity, a man who values his reputation and he couldn't fail to be absolutely devastated by what had happened to him. Bebe was ordered by the second doctor to lay off any physical training for six weeks, leaving Ramncwana devastated after waiting in the wings for a year. During World War Two the pub took a direct hit from a V1 flying bomb which not only destroyed the building but also devastated the immediate area. The campaigners say the rural economy has already been devastated by the foot-and-mouth crisis and claim a ban on fox-hunting would lead to thousands more job losses. Should the US, Canada and the European Union make good on their threat of an aids cut-off, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, will be devastated. Nothing like this tragedy has happened to me before and I am devastated. We were devastated, and at first were unable to think about another dog. He is utterly devastated that people now think he is a drugs dealer. Maybe now my devastated family can start to grieve in peace. All around us there are other women, seemingly not hurt, making small talk, acting normal, which means happy, not discontent, certainly not devastated. His financial situation was not dire, but his kingdom was devastated and his army severely weakened. Whole villages were removed and the Gaelic culture of the island devastated. Smallpox devastated the native Amerindian population and was an important factor in the conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas by the Spaniards. A FAMILY-OF-FIVE have been left with nothing but the nightclothes they were wearing after fire devastated their home. Show More Sentences Senior Care Practitioner Tarcelita Bullecer's home was devastated by the typhoon in Tunga, Leyte province. Large regions could be devastated before the fyrd could assemble and arrive. The Native American population was devastated after contact with the Old World by introduction of many fatal diseases. Large parts of the world devastated by World War II did not benefit from the Marshall Plan. Malaria devastated the Jamestown colony and regularly ravaged the South and Midwest of the United States. Tropical rainforests fragmented and then were eventually devastated by climate change. Tsunamis, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and in some cases destroyed entire towns. The bombing during the Blitz devastated Southampton in November 1940 and destroyed most of Ordnance Survey's city centre offices. Amadeo Giannini's Bank of Italy, later to become Bank of America, provided loans for many of those whose livelihoods had been devastated. Cardiff was bombed on three nights, Portsmouth centre was devastated by five raids. This vast engineering project devastated a critical flyway for 40 species of migrating waterfowl. He was devastated by the news, locking himself in his room and refusing to leave for two days. Eyebrows also shot up when Jen didn't join her man, 42, for pal Philip Seymour Hoffman's funeral this month, with devastated Justin going alone. He was fond of his children, and was devastated at the death of two of his sons in infancy in 1782 and 1783 respectively. During the wars, the livelihood of the people on the borders was devastated by armies from both sides. Paris was besieged and the Loire Valley devastated during the 10th century. The Taiwanese pig industry was devastated as a result, and the export market was in ruins. The plague devastated Castilian lands between 1596 and 1602, causing the deaths of some 600,000 people. He was naturally devastated, as any self-respecting lugubrious batcaver would be. The body of Hungarian Mr Reiter, 76, who died of a heart attack, will be exhumed and his devastated family will see him buried for a second time. Show More Sentences Kutch was devastated by the earthquake of January 2001 which caused havoc in much of north-west India. Kyrghyz Elnura Tabaklova, 27, is devastated as she was in the process of a job change and has been in the country for the last five years. Germany seized control of some mining districts in the First World War, leaving them devastated. In this furious campaign his armies devastated Northumbria, captured and sacked York in 633 and briefly controlled the kingdom. With new vigour he returned to his Northumbrian foes, devastated their armies and slaughtered a series of their kings. Jane died of puerperal fever only a few days after the birth, leaving Henry devastated. In 2011, parts of East Tennessee, including Hamilton County and Apison in Bradley County, were devastated by the April 2011 tornado outbreak. During the 19th century, the inhabitants of Skye were also devastated by famine and Clearances. This devastated Edward's army and forced him to negotiate when approached by the French. In April and May 2010, flooding in Middle Tennessee devastated Nashville and other parts of Middle Tennessee. However, in 1514 an Ottoman army of 12,000 soldiers wielding arquebuses devastated a much larger Mamluk army. Eurasian diseases such as influenza, bubonic plague and pneumonic plagues devastated the Native Americans who did not have immunity to them. In the early hours of the morning, an explosion devastated Kirk o' Field, and Darnley was found dead in the garden, apparently smothered. In the early 20th century, more hard times came to the region when the boll weevil arrived and devastated the cotton crop. Continuing Tatar raids left the south borderlands of Russia completely depopulated and devastated. Ecgfrith's defeat at Dun Nechtain devastated Northumbria's power and influence in the North of Britain. A TOXTETH community devastated by the 1981 riots held a street market in defiance at plans to bulldoze homes. Unresisted, Devlet devastated unprotected towns and villages around Moscow and caused the 1572, Fire of Moscow. King William eventually defeated his forces and devastated the region in the Harrying of the North. Throughout the war, American privateers devastated the maritime economy by capturing ships and looting almost every community outside of Halifax. Show More Sentences Dwynwen Davies was devastated when a scan showed daughter Martha had slapped cheek syndrome virus and was filling up with fluid. The slave trade era, which lasted from 650 to 1900, devastated Africa by creating internal slave raids between and within ethnic groups. Introduced pathogens have devastated island species due to isolation from the mainland. After World War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism which had devastated the continent. Nine-year-old Charlie Trees, from Stockton, was devastated when his 50cc motorcross bike was snatched by thieves. It is believed that the civilization was later devastated by the spread of diseases from Europe, such as smallpox. Chytrid skin fungi, which have devastated frogs in parts of Australia and Central America, have now turned up in the wild in the United States. And then, just to rub it in, the dirty ratbag took his mistress on the holiday and left devastated Lynn at home. It was the second most devastated city in the world, after Warsaw, during the Second World War. During this time, pandemics of European disease such as smallpox devastated the indigenous populations. From 1991 to 2002, the Sierra Leone civil war was fought and devastated the country. Disease devastated all the khanates, cutting off commercial ties and killing millions. As the area was hardly accessible for Tatar raids, there was a great influx of population from the recently devastated south. Parker, 43, recently admitted she was devastated when she was voted the World's Unsexiest Woman by Maxim magazine. To become ethical, this self is to be devastated, traumatized, unthroned, by the commandment to substitute the other for itself. After the Yongle Emperor's overthrow of the Jianwen Emperor, China's countryside was devastated. During the 5th century, North East Italy was devastated by the barbaric invasions. But after the Hangenberg event devastated fish species, crinoids thrived, diversifying and multiplying. The Vanuatu islands, situated 1,090 miles east of northern Australia, was devastated by Cyclone Pam in March. In addition to committing genocide the Cossacks also devastated the wildlife by slaughtering massive numbers of animals for fur. Show More Sentences The killings by the Russian Cossacks devastated the native peoples of Kamchatka. Bahrain resident Alise Lappo said she was devastated after finding an injured stray cat in Juffair but was unable to contact an emergency vet. However, the Vanir defended their land and the battle turned to a stalemate, both sides having devastated one another's lands. A navy of 10,000 vessels, including Pecheneg allies, landed on the Bithynian coast and devastated the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. The mum-of-two, who is married to Apres Match star Barry Murphy, said she was devastated at receiving a Dear John letter in the post. After the Gothic War, which devastated the local population, the Ostrogoths were defeated. His rampaging armies, which carried on the successes of Genghis Khan in the thirteenth century, devastated the Ottoman empire. He subjected them to Frankish authority and devastated the valley of the Elbe, forcing tribute from them. While both were fully engaged, the Burgundians seized the opportunity to plunder and devastated Liguria. The Russian Civil War devastated the whole Russian Empire including Ukraine. When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. During the Second World War, Hamburg suffered a series of Allied air raids which devastated much of the city and the harbour. During the Second World War, the town was left almost unscathed by the air raids that devastated other German cities. In the first half of the 20th century, Kenyan elephant herds were devastated because of demand for ivory, to be used for piano keys. Mr Rushworth sues Maria for divorce, and the proud Bertram family is devastated. However, Dorset was devastated by the bubonic plague in 1348 which arrived in Melcombe Regis on a ship from Gascony. His devastated wife Beatrice implores guilt-ridden Donna to catch whoever did this. These critics so lacerated the film for two hours to David Lean's face that the devastated Lean did not make another film for fourteen years. Isabel devastated the entire Outer Banks and also split Hatteras Island between the two small towns of Frisco and Hatteras. Diseases introduced from Europe and West Africa devastated the indigenous peoples, and the European powers colonized the Americas. Show More Sentences His death left the family devastated and in an uncertain economic situation. Enid was devastated when he left the family shortly after her thirteenth birthday to live with another woman. Jo is devastated until she finds out that he has left his entire estate to the duplicitous countess. However, it is true that Kipling was emotionally devastated by the death of his son. The kingdom of East Anglia was devastated by the Vikings, who destroyed any contemporary evidence of his reign. A pestilence which devastated Ireland in 544 caused the dispersion of Mobhi's disciples, and Columba returned to Ulster, the land of his kindred. Many of the ecosystems of the Caribbean islands have been devastated by deforestation, pollution, and human encroachment. Many cities and towns in Normandy were totally devastated by the fighting and bombings. Posh were floundering at the bottom of the Championship table, but left City embarrassed with a comeback which left the visitors devastated. Phil Hobday says he's devastated to shut up shop for good at Hobdays, in Warwick Street. John successfully devastated much of Brittany, but did not deflect Philip's main thrust into the east of Normandy. In 1970, a massive cyclone devastated the coast of East Pakistan killing up to half a million people. The Kingdom of the Franks under Charlemagne was particularly devastated by these raiders, who could sail up the Seine with near impunity. In 1348 and 1349 Portugal, like the rest of Europe, was devastated by the Black Death. The European rabbit, on the other hand, can be devastated by the myxoma virus. The establishment of the national socialist dictatorship in 1933 led to fatal genocides and World War II, which left Germany and most of Europe devastated. Dog owner Rachel Leighton was left devastated when she discovered two of her seven-week-old lhasa apsos had vanished from outside her home, in Birtley Gateshead. On 9 February German forces retreated to the line and the withdrawal was completed 5 April, leaving behind a devastated territory to be occupied by the Allies. This left a republic to manage a devastated and unsatisfied populace. A variety of flood defences are in operation along the Calder Valley to prevent the recurrence of floods which devastated communities in the early part of this century. Show More Sentences Pritchardia occurs naturally now on all the main Hawaiian Islands except the small, ecologically devastated island of Kahoolawe, and also on the remote island of Nihoa. Dan Tasset, founder of ILF also returned from a separate mission the week before, providing food and supplies to the areas devastated by Hurricanes Hanna and Ike. More significantly, the British blockade of the Atlantic coast caused the majority warships to be unable to put to sea and devastated the United States economy. In the late 3rd century, barbarian raids devastated Normandy. By 1828 one of the great problems associated with the alkali works was pollution from emissions of hydrochloric acid fumes which devastated the neighbouring countryside. Four years later, he devastated Finland and baptised Karelia. Because Flanders had been widely devastated during the war and had been largely agricultural since the Belgian uprising, it benefited most from the Marshall Plan. However, the 1642 flood caused by Kaifeng's Ming governor devastated the community, which lost five of its twelve families, its synagogue, and most of its Torah. However, a teary-eyed Anna is adamant it's over for good and poor Faye is devastated, blaming herself for their split and all the tension she's caused. Emily Huskisson, devastated by grief, did not attend the funeral. After intervention by the French ambassador in Lima, the last 15 survivors were returned to the island, but brought with them smallpox, which further devastated the island. They devastated many parts of Britain and laid siege to London. Hephaestion's death devastated Alexander, and he ordered the preparation of an expensive funeral pyre in Babylon, as well as a decree for public mourning. While numbers are unavailable, Spanish records indicate that the population was so devastated by disease that they could hardly resist the foreign forces. The collapse of the dam wall of one of these reservoirs in 1864 resulted in the Great Sheffield Flood, which killed 270 people and devastated large parts of the town. Climate change devastated these tropical rainforests, abruptly fragmenting the habitat into isolated 'islands' and causing the extinction of many plant and animal species. In 1236 the Volga Bulgaria was conquered and devastated by the Mongols, but later Mongol demand for tribute increased its fur trade as did the destruction of the Kiev trade. The end result was that their forces were devastated and unable to participate in the rest of the campaigns of 1066, although the two earls survived the battle. Nigel Black, chairman of the Thomas Close committee, said he was devastated to find that the climbing frame, which was worth more than PS7,000, had been destroyed overnight. On the night of 31 January, the North Sea flood of 1953 devastated the island taking the lives of 58 islanders, and led to the temporary evacuation of the 13,000 residents. Find more words! 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