Breakdown of Вследствие урагана местное лесничество потеряло всё оборудование.
потерять
to lose (perfective)
местный
local
весь
all, the whole, everything, everyone (весь, вся, всё, все)
оборудование
equipment
Questions & Answers about Вследствие урагана местное лесничество потеряло всё оборудование.
How does вследствие differ from из-за, and what case does it trigger here?
Both mean "because of" or "due to" and both require the genitive case, which is why we see урагана. However, вследствие is a highly formal compound preposition. You will see it in news reports, official documents, and formal writing like this sentence, whereas из-за is the standard choice for everyday conversation.
Why does the preposition вследствие end in -е? Is it related to the prepositional case?
No, it is a frozen form. When written as a single continuous word, the preposition вследствие always ends in -е. It is a common mistake even for native speakers to confuse it with the noun phrase в следствии (which means "in the criminal investigation" and consists of two words ending in -и). For the preposition meaning "as a result of", always write it as one word ending in -е.
I recognize the root лес (forest) in лесничество. What does the -ство suffix do here?
The suffix -ство is used to create neuter nouns that represent organizations, domains, or abstract concepts, similar to "-ry" or "-hood" in English. From лес (forest) we get лесник (forester), and adding -ство creates лесничество, which refers to a "forestry district" or "forestry management board".
If the equipment is the direct object being lost, why isn't the form of changed?