Right answer:
A. Destruyó
Destruyó is the conjugation of the verb destruir for the third person singular in the preterite tense. The preterite tense is one of two simple past tenses. It is used to describe actions that took place or were completed at a certain point in the past. So the hurricane destroyed a lot of houses at a certain moment in the past. Finally:
El huracán destruyó muchas casas
