Sentences with phrase «suffered widespread devastation»

Although 360,000 Union troops had died during the Civil War, the North had not suffered the widespread devastation of the Southern states.

«Tropical ecosystems suffered widespread devastation each time that greenhouse gases rose rapidly in the past, despite differences in the rates of change and species involved.

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The island — plagued by the devastation of Hurricane Maria and still struggling to restore electricity — has been a US territory since 1898 but has long suffered from widespread American indifference toward, or ignorance of, Puerto Rico's situation.