Tropical storms or Hurricanes especially can devastate coastal regions. Floods can devastate local communities and impact the entire local economy. Various epidemics continued to devastate Indigenous communities. Wildfires can devastate vegetation and the biodiversity of an ecosystem. Dinoflagellates produce red tides, which can devastate fish populations and intoxicate oyster harvests. Large outbreaks of these starfish can devastate reefs. The invading force went on to devastate southern Gaul. Introduced diseases or parasites can devastate island fox populations. Trapping can devastate local bird populations and also impact migrants at critical stopover sites. If large enough, they can devastate villages and countrysides. Not only did smallpox devastate the Indian population, it did so in an unforgiving way. As Arkyn banishes Xiombarg, Corum and his allies devastate the forces of Chaos. Even small nuclear devices can devastate a city by blast, fire and radiation. The super-colonies also devastate crab numbers migrating to the coast. One does not devastate the country of an ally to acquire supplies.