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