How Irene will fare on the damage scale remains to be seen.

“艾琳”的破坏力会有多大尚不得而知。

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The storm and its aftermath killed hundreds, caused massive property damage, and forced a full-scale evacuation of the city.

风暴和余波造成数百人死亡，造成巨大的财产损失，迫使该市全部撤离。

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In Ecuador, Texaco left a legacy of disease and environmental damage on a massive scale [for a thorough discussion of the issue, see my online review of the recent documentary, Crude].

在厄瓜多尔，美国德士古公司留下了造成大规模疾病和环境破坏的坏名声[对这一问题的深入讨论，请看我对最近纪录片《原油》的在线评论]。

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Aid teams are starting to assess the scale of damage in the remote region.

BBC: Teams start assessing tsunami-hit Solomon Islands

"Everyone involved in the Tube drivers' dispute needs to recognise the importance of London retailing and the damage disruption on this scale will cause, " he said.

BBC: Tube strike: Boxing Day walkout 'could harm retailers'

Our nation deserves better choices than, on one hand, accepting the catastrophic damage caused by a failure like Lehman Brothers, or on the other hand being forced to pour billions of taxpayer dollars into an institution like AIG to protect the economy against that scale of damage.

WSJ: Geithner: My Plan for Bad Bank Assets