"Those people were killed when the buildings collapsed" said the official who declined to be named adding some areas were difficult to access because roads were damaged.

“这些遇难者的死亡都是由于地震中倒塌的房屋导致，”一位拒绝透露姓名的位官员透露，死伤人数可能还会增加，因为有些受灾地区因为道路损坏还未能与当地取得联系。

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Part of the reason that the buildings collapsed as they did is because aside from the floor reinforcements, there were no columns holding the building up from the inside.

建筑倒塌的部分原因可以归结于除了楼板加固之外，在内部没有钢柱支撑起建筑。

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It is thought that most of the thousands of buildings that collapsed were built before 1981, when building standards were tightened.

据信，数以千计的倒塌建筑物中，有许多是1981年建筑标准提高之前建造的。

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Nearby,others are cleaning out partially collapsed homes and buildings, including the beach structures used for traditional ceremonies.

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it was fires from the Marina District where all these buildings had collapsed

海滨区建筑楼群倒塌的地方蔓延着大火，

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Witnesses said a hospital in the capital collapsed, a luxury hotel in Petionville had sustained major damage and many other buildings were destroyed.

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He said some people were feared trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in the bombing.

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New York's Office of Emergency Management is assessing the structural damage to buildings around the collapsed World Trade Center complex.

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"Buildings and the walls of buildings are collapsed, " he said.

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