| 1 | The hurricane flattened the forest. | |
| 2 | Close to 100 nearby homes were levelled or severely damaged. | |
| 3 | They destroyed the village, and they sent their army to calm the village. | |
| 4 | Taliban fighters surrounded the flattened compound, preventing outsiders from approaching. | |
| 5 | We understand earthquakes better than we did a century ago, when San Francisco was flattened. |