The storm caused a lot of damage.

Literal

Storm [topic-は] much damage [object-を] brought.

多くの被害をもたらした — もたらす (to bring about / to cause) is a slightly elevated verb for producing consequences. 多くの (many/much) is the neutral quantifier compared with the more emphatic 多大の (enormous). 被害 covers harm broadly, including human, environmental, and material loss.