Swath

The tornado ripped through the small town, leaving a swath of destruction in its wake.

For the first time in more than 100 years, scientists have discovered a new species living in New York's Central Park. The creature is a tiny centipede, just 10 millimeters long. But, in the world of science, this bug cuts a wide swath.

The 2017 hurricane season inflicted severe damage to communities and coastal resources over large areas of the Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas, leaving a swath of destruction and large amounts of debris in the coastal zone of the affected states and territories.

Ms. Lester has the tall, broad-shouldered look of a farm girl and sports a bright red baseball cap that reads "cowgirl". She's one of a group of volunteers setting up water tanks and fencing across a 200,000-hectare swath of northern Arizona. The tanks will eventually provide water to hundreds of elk, deer, antelope, and even cattle. "I mean, they gotta drink, and in this kind of drought, you've gotta bring the water to them and take care of them, because they will suffer if we don't do something out here," she says.

A large swath of the population is opposed to this government policy.

Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans are still submerged in water.

It is undeniable that Malcolm was a beacon of huge strength in his lifetime. He could connect with swaths of people when others could not.