"بائقة" - Translation from Arabic to English

Some sort of cataclysm that so completely decimated The first people, they were just wiped out Of the historical record.
بائقة ما أهلكت تماماً الإنسان الأوّل فمحيوا من على من سجلّ التاريخ

He's a scourge, a walking symbol of weakness.
إنّه بائقة ومثال حيّ للضعف.