These Incan buildings face severe damage if the number of visitors is not more carefully controlled.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

This is a very-- it's fascinating that it happens at all, that you have severe damage but compensated with some powerful skill.

这种现象总会发生,个体出现严重损伤,但某些技能却会变得强大以作为补偿

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But the piece was big enough to have caused severe damage.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Geophysicist Julie Dutton says she expects the damage to be severe, in part because many buildings are not designed to withstand earthquakes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Many people can live with the virus and never get sick, but 25 percent of those infected eventually develop severe liver damage or cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

as telephone service from abroad has been disrupted. Geophysicist Julie Dutton says she expects the damage to be severe, partly because the region is not accustomed to major quakes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"This is a tragic thing," "We came into this crisis without the authority and the tools necessary to contain the damage to the American economy posedby the very severe pressures working through the financial system."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24