Sentence: The trees along coast were destroyed as a reult of the cyclone

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hi everyone
are the sentences below similar in meaning or different.

"The trees along coast were destroyed as a reult of the cyclone "

“The trees along the coast had been destroyed as a result of the cyclone”

i`m not quite sure if one sentence implies the “event occured recently” and the other implies the “event happend a quite a while ago”

thank you

rgds

diva

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Both of them are correct and imply the same meaning as you said.

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Hi Diva,

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