They were characterized Justifying by unprecedented ferocity , wholesale destruction Destroying , mass deportations , and immense loss Earnings_and_losses of life due to combat , starvation , exposure , disease , and massacres .

Despite the storm Catastrophe 's ferocity , the government did not report Reporting about the cyclone Catastrophe for ten days , as they usually under-report on landfalling storms Catastrophe .

The speed and ferocity of the flames , aided Assistance by abundant fuels Supply and a landscape immersed Placing in smoke , made Causation fire suppression Hindering and containment impossible Confronting_problem .

The ferocity of the battle Hostile_encounter gave Giving it the nickname Name_conferral `` Red Harlaw '' .