| 1 | The flood cut a wide swath in this area. | |
| 2 | The land is scarred and many of the people have left. | |
| 3 | Two faint hopes flicker in the sodden gloom left by the cyclone. | |
| 4 | Two faint hopes flicker in the sodden gloom left by the earthquake. | |
| 5 | But the era, its ruins, and its blood overwhelm us with facts. |