1.   A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.

2.   Some said never during hurricane season, which this year has spawned an unusually high number of successive storms, which have already devastated parts of the Caribbean.

3.   The more likely scenario is a series of terrible plagues that would devastate parts of Africa and perhaps Asia.

4.   The storm devastated large parts of Houston and surrounding suburbs with flooding.

5.   Tornadoes that devastated parts of southern Indiana and Kentucky on Tuesday evening will be classified by meteorologists using the Fujita scale.

6.   Total rainfall could be equal to the rain from Hurricane Floyd that devastated parts of the Carolinas, Gross said.

7.   Before landing in Japan, Typhoon Zeb devastated parts of the Philippines and Taiwan late last week.

8.   Factional fighting between troops loyal to Hun Sen and Ranariddh and subsequent looting devastated parts of Phnom Penh, including the international airport, in early July.

9.   Fighting has devastated many parts of Freetown, with artillery shells and mortars slamming down on residential districts with seemingly little regard for a yet uncounted civilian toll.

10.   Monsoon rains which are at their peak at this time of year have devastated several parts of the nation.