Lastly let me say to Parliament, Madam President, that I hope this report will finally lead out of an impasse and that we will no longer regard renewable energy as a mere bagatelle.

Initial reports are of widespread devastation.

They don't have to do global devastation.

The war had left devastation in its wake.

The devastation that swept across

It does say what we are condemning, and that is as it should be.

Nevertheless the images of devastation in the island were terrible.

The only word to describe it is devastation.

Of starvation and sickness where once there was plenty.

The volcano's devastation makes the Great Tenmei Famine even worse.

The floodwaters have receded and what are we left with devastation and mud.

The devastation is immense and the people are in deep despair.

What did scare me was the devastation in Touhoku on the television.

There have been 11 such major floods in the past century, each causing tremendous loss of life and property.

Here is a summary of the damages, according to IRIN, via ReliefWeb

It was the continuing devastating war in the Congo and the indifference of the world.

Just consider the extent of the killings and destruction on both sides.

The English left a trail of devastation behind once more and seized the strategic town of Haddington.

We weren't the only ones to tackle this subject, but the photographs that Brian and Randy created are among the best to capture both the human and natural devastation of overfishing.

But the aftermath of Sidr show signs of devastation but not much loss of lives.

Five days after cyclone Sidr ravaged Bangladesh, news regarding devastation continues to pour in.

As residents of Escatawpa, the members of the band saw the effects of Katrina's devastation.

In the eyes of international law, East Timor is illegally occupied by Indonesia.

New England,the West, the entire country are in mourning for this useless waste of lives.

It took the devastation of Hurricane Sandy to get the president to mention climate change.

The legendary Pokémon's powers begin to overwhelm Sinnoh, causing the newly free Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit to attempt to stop it.

Could the Commissioner, therefore, tell me if they are concerned about the implications of the Gardner report which deals with the link between workers exposed to radiation and the incidence of leukaemia in their children ?

These people have seen the devastation, both social and economic, caused by a centrally controlled economic system.

In the presence of such devastation, I understand the blessing of peace and the necessity of concord among nations.

And the mining and the exploitation of that is creating devastation on a scale that the planet has never seen before.

These deals have caused havoc and destruction, both environmentally and socially, in some of the poorest parts of the world.

The devastation of forests will also obliterate an ecology if logging is not urgently brought under control.

We are in denial about scenarios that could cause such devastation that even one occurrence would be too many.

But what happened for me is that that shattering actually emboldened me in a way I have never been emboldened.

In 2005, the world watched as New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

The environmentalists saw themselves as defending the planet against the thoughtless short term rape of its resources.

The economic advantages of doing this pale into insignificance compared with the devastation that has been the direct result of this risky practice.

The devastation of those stings had taken the respiratory system down so that I couldn't make the progress I wanted.

The Maute group is blamed for the destruction, but the military is also being held accountable because of its continuous airstrikes.

Akiva Rabbi Eliezer tells him you're right my slow drip was true for times of devastation

HUGHES unjust and gratuitous insult which I cannot accept from any speaker.

Companies cannot be free to wreak such havoc on people's lives and communities.

We teamed up underwater photographer Brian Skerry and photojournalist Randy Olson to document the depletion of the world's fisheries.

The northern Caribbean has been on the front line of the assault from the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season.

During the war, the Soviet economy and infrastructure suffered massive devastation and required extensive reconstruction.