He was among at least 59 people killed in the Caribbean as fierce winds destroyed buildings and flooded roads.
Remains of walls from destroyed buildings are left in ruin around the church.
They shrugged off the attacks, insisting, quite credibly, that most of the destroyed buildings had already been emptied of men and machinery.
City officials decided late last year to use modular construction to replace the destroyed buildings at the beaches, in part to avoid building outside in the heart of winter.
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Precisely because of concerns that state and local governments were squandering taxpayer funds by rebuilding structures better than the ones that were destroyed, the federal government responded with restrictions that require destroyed buildings to be rebuilt the same way that they were standing before the disaster occurred.
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That policy was made clear this week when city inspectors destroyed illegal buildings in both Jewish and Arab neighborhoods.
This caused the explosions that destroyed the buildings and damaged the reactor vessels that are meant to keep radiation from getting out.
His final confrontation, with the Albanians of Kosovo, provoked a NATO bombing assault in the spring of 1999 that destroyed government buildings, factories and much infrastructure in a land already ruined by years of international sanctions intended to punish Mr. Milosevic for instigating earlier wars.
More than 160 people were injured and dozens of buildings destroyed in the town of West, near Waco in Texas.
Dozens of people were killed and 90% of the island's buildings destroyed.
He points out that every bridge for 30 miles below the breached Mohne dam was destroyed, and buildings were damaged 40 miles away.
The painting was unscathed in the great Messina earthquake of 1908, which killed some 200, 000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Sicily and Calabria.
With federal buildings destroyed by the Jan. 12 quake, the Haitian Cabinet has relocated to the airport, where it holds press conferences under a mango tree.
If the early reports of no deaths or major damage hold, the quake would stand in stark contrast to Mexico's 1985 earthquake that measured 8.0 in magnitude, killed thousands of people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Mexico City, including hospitals, office towers and hotels.
These destroyed or damaged 22 buildings, taking out 9% of the city's total office space.
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Led by the notorious elephant poacher known as Morgan, the attackers torched buildings and destroyed equipment.
In Ishinomaki, which lies 350km (220 miles) north-east of Tokyo, some 3, 000 people died and more than 40, 000 buildings were destroyed.
Two buildings were destroyed and one was damaged, CNN affiliate KGO reported.
The experts will look for the presence of chemicals that may have been stored in the World Trade Center complex, or hazardous materials, including asbestos, that may have been released as the buildings were destroyed.
The city still needs to replace, rebuild and rehabilitate buildings that were destroyed by the floods.
The blast, which was heard several kilometres away, set many cars ablaze and destroyed the facades of nearby buildings.
Witnesses say several buildings have been destroyed and many civilians have been wounded.
In Longmen village, authorities said nearly all the buildings had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake.
Much of Mitu, notably most of its public buildings, was destroyed or damaged in the operation, which the rebels had codenamed Marquetalia.
Britain's crumbling one-screen cinemas, many of which have either been destroyed or restored as listed buildings, have made way for the multi-screen venue.
Many buildings have been destroyed and most have suffered some damage.
If you use your imagination, you will also be able to place the two false buildings that were destroyed during the climatic finale of Casino Royale on the opposite side of the Grand Canal.
Dozens of people were killed and 90% of the island's buildings were damaged or destroyed.
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