The day after my visit, a major typhoon was set to hit Nagasaki (tours are suspended in bad weather), likely to damage the structures even more.
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As in earlier jets, the agency wanted assurances that in the event of a battery emergency, the high temperatures wouldn't damage surrounding structures and any smoke or fumes would be sucked outside rather than into the cabin.
Of those, as many as 2, 500 are deemed dangerous because they may collapse and damage neighboring structures or injure people, Meffert said, and 120 homes -- or what's left of them -- need to be knocked down immediately because they're either in roadways, on sidewalks or on other property.
Tom Gilbert, the district commander for the Atlantic City Tourist District, said that the waterfront casinos had started to sustain some damage to outside structures like awnings from the storm.
Shobe went on to say there are a lot of structures with damage north of Newcastle and in the town of Tuttle.
These conditions, if not corrected, could result in damage to critical systems and structures, and the potential for fire in the electrical compartment.
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An estimated 200 homes on the island were destroyed, and although many others suffered damage from flooding, many structures were protected by massive sand dunes that had been constructed along the oceanfront.
Ms. Giffords's immediate responsiveness to commands, such as squeezing a doctor's hand, suggests that she wasn't in a coma and that her brain stem and the brain's core structures had relatively little damage.
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Bolt said he didn't expect any damage from Tuesday evening's quake, but he noted there could be some damage from poorly anchored objects or unsound structures.
We'll basically look for structures with a little bit more damage and that, where it looks like there may be a chance of survivors.
Many of them question whether cultural phenomena, including destruction layers, cultural-piercing features (man-made structures displaced by surface rupturing, e.g. viaducts), structural damage to buildings, indications of repairs, historical accounts and myths can be reliably used as earthquake indicators.
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The commission said no major damage had yet been done, but it wanted to reach a deal quickly so the violating structures could be removed safely.
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