1.   Few buildings in the city had escaped devastation.

2.   Having escaped devastation in World War I, Germany in the Second War reaped what it had sown.

3.   However, it appeared Louisiana had escaped the devastation from tornadoes in Arkansas and Tennessee.

4.   China has so far escaped the devastation that has wrecked capital and currency markets in Southeast Asia and South Korea.

5.   Wuhan, the capital of central Hubei province located at the meeting of the Yangtze and Han rivers, has so far escaped the devastation.