As a result, lava has reached the coastal community of Kalapana, where it has destroyed scores of houses.

The Apaches were acclaimed for their success during the Persian Gulf war in 1991, when they destroyed scores of Iraqi tanks and vehicles.

A car bomb explodes in Main Street, destroying scores of shops and businesses.

Elsewhere in North Carolina, the storm carried away telephone and telegraph lines, washed out bridges, destroyed scores of houses, and drowned hundreds of livestock.

Real enough to destroy scores of ships sent against him.

After years of costly failures, the American fighter-bombers had destroyed scores of heavily defended targets in a matter of days, using their new precision-guided munitions.

The blazes have also killed at least 13 people there and destroyed scores of homes.

The violence left 15 people dead and destroyed scores of businesses on Miami's mostly black northwest side.

The explosion destroyed scores of makeshift stalls, sent smoke towering over buildings and spread body parts through the streets.

Division elements destroyed scores of enemy vehicles and took thousands of prisoners as they advanced.