After the typhoon swept through, the coastal areas were devastated.
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history
From Du Fu's Tang-dynasty 《北征》: 乾坤含疮痍，忧虞何时毕 - 'heaven and earth are full of wounds; when will my grief end?' Written during the An Lushan rebellion, it captures a nation in ruins.
memory
疮 = sore, 痍 = wound - literally 'eyes full of sores and wounds'. The 疒 radical in both characters is the 'sickness' radical.
