61.   This year, a drought laid waste to one-third of its farmland.

62.   This year, a prolonged drought is laying waste to one-third of its farmland, South Korean officials said.

63.   Tourism had been undergoing an upsurge following more than a decade of civil war and mayem that laid waste to national parks and animal life.

64.   Hailstorms laid waste to crops and delayed the harvesting of wheat, which was poorer in both quality and quantity, he added.

65.   Hundreds of thousands fled the city, while entire neighbourhoods were laid waste or looted.

66.   The nuclear warhead was large enough to have laid waste a city the size of the German port of Hamburg, Wuori said.

67.   Seventy-one people were killed when a single Serb shell laid waste to a cafe in the Bosnian town of Tuzla in May.

68.   Shalazhi, half of which has been laid waste by the two attacks, was supposed to have been spared.