Without us there would be constant tribal wars and great devastation.

The two centuries following were a period of great devastation in North India.

Wildfires can cause great widespread devastation in short time spans.

Three hundred years ago almost everyone in the world had died in a great devastation brought about by men.

Saint Kitts was to face even greater devastation at the start of the 18th century.

It would have released intense radiation and caused great devastation for light-years around.

"Most people coming into a situation like this have already had great devastation in their lives," he said.

Ocean levels rose to heights "scarcely ever known before" and caused great devastation, Duff reported.

Many of us still wanted to believe that it was possible to avoid the war, which we sensed would cause great devastation.

Two days later, a 7.2 Richter rocked the area to great devastation, but no one was killed.