The 1960's flight from the city sent the area into severe decline.

But the people's feelings for the King had suffered a severe decline.

In recent years this small community has suffered from severe economic decline.

Within a couple of decades it was in severe decline.

The border changes however caused a severe decline in the province's economy.

The population went into severe decline in the 1870s, possibly from disease.

Then there was a severe decline until the 1960's, and it has been strong ever since.

Despite the improvements, much of the area is in severe decline.

However, the town was destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1754, and over the same period its trade went into severe decline.

After the war, both industries went into a severe decline.