The flood caused a lot of damage.

The storm caused a lot of damage.

This certainly was a grievous loss to him.

During the battle both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Domestic terrorism in Pakistan has taken a heavy human and economic toll.

Crucially, both of Catalonia s major parties the governing center right CiU and socialist PSC suffered severe setbacks.

The loss of life in Pakistan has been massive.

The Bush administration's flip flops and missteps are legion.

Below is a local TV footage of the major earthquake damage

Weakness in the job market takes a huge toll on economic and personal well being.

Eventually the retreat turned into a rout with heavy casualties on the Byzantine side.

The town's limited social infrastructure was also destroyed or badly damaged.

The financial fallout from the debt crisis could also result in huge losses for China.

As we speak, a severe hurricane is once again pounding Grenada, causing severe damage.

The political costs for the ECB of making this type of mistake could be exorbitant.

The French suffered very heavy losses but managed to cross the river and avoid being trapped.

These disasters have caused immeasurable devastation and taken a heavy toll in terms of human lives and property.

In the House of Deputies elections of 1866, the liberals suffered a major defeat, losing their large majority.

After the barrage, the Soviet infantry attacked across open ground but was repulsed with heavy casualties.

We, in Bangladesh, have weathered many severe floods and cyclones, and the toll in terms of life and property has been huge.

However, the Ottoman losses were also heavy and they were unable to continue their march on Sofia.

Chronic disasters such as health epidemics, drought and famine continued to take a heavy toll on the populations of developing countries.

Our Group extends its condolences to the family of Mr. Zhvania and to the Georgian people, for whom his death is a terrible loss.

Seriously concerned by the fires in the affected territories, which have inflicted widespread environmental damage,

A number of hurricanes hit the Caribbean between August and October 2004, causing substantial damage.

Stability the firm's ability to remain in business in the long run, without having to sustain significant losses in the conduct of its business.

A few years ago, Professor Vaclav Smil tried to calculate the probability of sudden disasters large enough to change history.

These are in addition to ongoing committees, such as those on aviation safety and response to mass casualties.

The Turks and Caicos Islands also had suffered quite extensive damage in part of the Territory a few weeks earlier.

The tragic and untimely death of First Vice President Garang just three weeks later on 30 July was a terrible loss for the Sudan.

As a direct consequence of these acts, over 2,000 Azerbaijani citizens have been killed and tens of thousands of people injured. Azerbaijan and its people have suffered huge material and moral damage.

After cutting down a swath of rainforest, soils are often quickly leached of their nutrients so that they cannot sustain crops or nutritious grasses for livestock.

A similar fate may fall upon employees at Channel 10 and the only left leaning Israeli daily, Haaretz, which are also incurring heavy losses.

They quickly raced across the airfield under heavy artillery fire from the highlands to the north, suffering heavy casualties in the process.

Every year, marine litter entails great economic costs and losses to people and communities around the world.

He acknowledged that cocaine en route from Colombia to North America caused havoc in transit countries, a matter which his Office was investigating.

He goes on to claim that the judge delivering the Court of Appeal's judgement committed fundamental errors of law , thus bringing into question the credibility of his entire legal reasoning .

A. Chaudhry (Pakistan) The earthquake that hit Pakistan on 8 October has caused tremendous loss of life and damage to infrastructure.

Similarly, banks have short term liabilities (deposits) and long term assets, which they cannot liquidate quickly without incurring great losses.

Of course, people with a decent tertiary education are also important for a country s economy, and here the loss of some European countries is substantial.

But even in the shorter run over the next two presidential terms, say the costs of a high deficit and rapid debt growth would be substantial.

Waiting until October for the next move up is like buying insurance against a catastrophic loss.

Deeply concerned at the unprecedented floods in Mozambique, which have resulted in tragic loss of human lives and extensive destruction of property and infrastructure,

Alarmed in particular at the possibility that terrorist groups may exploit new technologies to facilitate acts of terrorism, which may cause massive damage, including huge loss of human life,

BERKELEY In the circles in which I travel, there is near universal consensus that America s monetary authorities made three serious mistakes that contributed to and exacerbated the financial crisis.