11.   No one can prevent natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes that have recently devastated parts of Mexico.

12.   The decision had been postponed for several days because of the powerful earthquake that devastated parts of this city and its neighboring region.

13.   The civil war had devastated parts of Sudan.

14.   The El Nino weather phenomenon, which adds moisture to the atmosphere, devastated parts Peru with torrential rain this winter.

15.   The floods devastated wide parts of central and southern China, from the eastern sea coast to Sichuan province in the southwest.

16.   The fighting devastated parts of Freetown and sent tens of thousands of people fleeing to safety.

17.   The latest fighting has devastated parts of the city, with artillery shells and mortars slamming down on residential districts.

18.   The takeover devastated parts of Phnom Penh with fighting and looting.