Sentences with phrase «own swath of destruction»

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, leaving behind at least 21 deaths and a swath of destruction.

Berating bosses; employees who take credit for others» work, assign blame, or spread rumors; and coworkers who exclude teammates from networks — all of these can cut a swath of destruction that's often visible only to the immediate victims.

But at the same time, it also carved a swath of destruction through the Caribbean, devastating numerous islands, including Puerto Rico.

When the rainy season began, the Olympics were just winding down, and by the time the damage was done, Hurricane Sandy was carving its own swath of destruction.

As for the resume: Georgia are SEC Champions with one loss, and that's good enough, but for added spice, look at the swath of destruction they wrought through the bulk of their schedule.

Hell - bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons - grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world.

On May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, cutting a mile - wide swath of destruction that ultimately left 150 dead and destroyed many more homes and livelihoods.

What now looks like a swath of destruction will start coming together this week as hand crews move in to shape the lips and berms.

There isn't much in the way of music and the campaign lets the action do the talking as you cut a swath of destruction through the enemies.

Carving a swathe of destruction through the ever - changing wilderness, players must compete in a high octane - fuelled, horsepower spectacle where the only rule is to win the race.

In keeping with the legacy of Insomniac Games, their new Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive features some pretty spectacular weapons that are each capable of cutting a wide swath of destruction in their path.

I wrote about the incredible swath of destruction and five deaths (four campers and a motorist) caused by a smaller derecho in the Adirondacks in 1995 — one of four such storm systems triggered along the northern edge of a heat wave that July — so this one really elicited a sense of awe.

Tim, the odds of being hit by a tornado are pretty small as the swath of destruction is usually limited to less than 1/4 of a mile.

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on November 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction, including more than 5,000 deaths.

(this is equal to a one - quarter mile wide swath of destruction from New York to San Francisco — it is also significantly underestimated).

In 2006, a «mega» tropical cyclone (or hurricane) cut a swathe of destruction across northern Australia.

Well, the first subprime default has escalated into a hurricane that is cutting a swathe of destruction through many American communities with secondary but fierce winds spreading around the globe.

Not exact matches

Hurricane Irma drove toward Florida as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, leaving behind 21 deaths and a swathe of catastrophic destruction.

The tornado that plowed a wide swath of death and destruction through Joplin, Mo., on Sunday unleashed winds of up to 198 miles per hour, federal forecasters said yesterday.

The results of this research could «impact our understanding of wind - based damage, such as the destruction by the recent Hurricane Irene,» he says, which toppled trees across a large swath of the northeastern United States in September.

Mining throughout tropical regions in Central Africa and beyond for metals and minerals that go into our electronics leads to wide swaths of rainforest destruction as well.

Because the storm damaged giant swathes of the country's fisheries and rice paddies, the destruction could put the nation at further risk for future food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warned.

The film, however, is a working - class melodrama with grand swathes of tragedy, intense scenes of destruction (the aftermath of a train wreck is an inferno suggested by bold silhouettes against burning orange tints), and devastating moments of loss and redemption directed with delicate grace.

The Red Cross added, «This spring has brought destruction to a large swath of the country.

As major swaths of California are burned to a crisp, and as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria brought death and destruction to Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Puerto Rico, Americans are reminded that these so - called «natural disasters» have unnatural components to them that are caused by humans.

LONDON, 16 July, 2016 — Powerful tropical storms − known variously as cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes − bring death and destruction to huge swathes of the Earth's surface.

For instance, the Belém - Brasília highway, completed in the 1970s, has developed into a 400 kilometer - wide swathe of forest destruction across the eastern Amazon.