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.

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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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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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Shobe went on to say there are a lot of structures with damage north of Newcastle and in the town of Tuttle.

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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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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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