Seriously, you could make a movie out of such a stirring tale of devastation and recovery.
Last night, though, there was only shock, the kind of devastation that precedes mourning.
All of these distinct threats require quite distinct policy responses that can balance the risks with the levels of devastation.
Carlyon Bay Watch staged a demonstration at the beach near St Austell over what they call "10 years of devastation".
Indeed, those wrenching scenes of devastation remind us not only of our common humanity but also of our common responsibilities.
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The level of devastation seen would have been difficult to achieve by conventional shelling, the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says.
Now, before I begin, let me just say that like all Americans, I continue to be heartbroken by the images of devastation in Japan.
Experts said the kind of devastation seen in the 2004 disaster and last year in Japan was caused by a particular type of earthquake.
The attacks happened during "10 seconds of devastation", the court heard.
It was the fire hoses, snaking through the metal debris littered across the town, that led me towards one of the worst areas of devastation at Sherwood Crescent.
We drove to their health club a few miles away, passing various scenes of devastation and menacing trees and wires that dangled over the road just above car height.
There would be wall-to-wall daily media coverage with stories of devastation and emergency response, and a clarion call to Americans with direction on the most effective way to help those in need.
Just hours after the Class of 2011 walked across this stage, the most powerful tornado in six decades tore a path of devastation through Joplin that was nearly a mile wide and 13 long.
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The city, 30 miles (48km) west of Tripoli, was shelled for days by government forces and reporters described scenes of devastation and streets that were deserted except for government supporters who had been brought in.
So the worst of the storm has passed, but all of you -- from what you see in your own lives, what you see in your neighborhoods, what you see on the job -- is that a lot of devastation remains.
One can be, indeed one must strive to become, tough and philosophical concerning destruction and death, for this is what most of mankind has been best at since we have heard of man. (But remember: most of mankind is not all of mankind.) But it is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent.
The agency, which watches over a quarter of the U.S. economy, is also working to make sure food is safe in the wake of the devastation of the Gulf Coast and the flooding that has left much of New Orleans submerged and uninhabitable.
Parents and staff have told of their devastation at the closure of a pre-school after it received two 'inadequate' Ofsted inspection reports.
And we had a chance to tour some of the devastation that has been taking place in some of the subdivisions here.
The scale of the devastation is extraordinary, as I think all of us are seeing on television, and the losses are heartbreaking.
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In another sign of the devastation, a nearby mountain showed two streaks of red clay apparent mudslides that appeared to have wiped out all vegetation.
The devastation is comparable and may end up exceeding some of the devastation that we saw in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, just a few weeks ago.
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However, much of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina is due to the consequences of extensively modifying the wetlands upon which much of the city is built.
We are just now beginning to learn the extent of the devastation, but the reports and images that we've seen of collapsed hospitals, crumbled homes, and men and women carrying their injured neighbors through the streets are truly heart-wrenching.
Mr. PHILIP LABU (Orange Crop Farmer, San Joaquin Valley, California): It's kind of a devastation I feel after working so hard, and then you just kind of, you know, lose it all in a couple of nights.
But the sheer enormity of the devastation suffered by 20 million people requires more people and resources to help the flood victims of Pakistan to rebuild their lives.
Pressed by a parliamentary committee last autumn, Andrew Smith, the minister in charge of the scheme, said he would expect the programme to bring down the trend rate of unemployment, barring unforeseeable devastation of the economy.
Some of the devastation caused by Hurricane Rita is all but impossible to see by land.
"I can tell you it is a scene of real devastation down there, " she said.
Relatives and supporters spoke of their devastation at Mr Bain's death on Facebook and Twitter.
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