It is impossible to reduce the suffering to a number: lives lost, homes destroyed, damage expressed in dollars.
His parishioners, who mostly live in the Gentilly neighborhood, saw their homes destroyed.
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Over 270 people have been killed, about 700, 000 homes destroyed or damaged and large areas of the central plains region have been inundated.
Breezy Point in Queens was the scene of horrific destruction by fire in the teeth of the storm, with as many as 100 homes destroyed.
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Most homes have been rebuilt in the Maldives and in Sri Lanka, a majority of the lost infrastructure -- such as the 105, 000 homes destroyed or damaged in the tsunami -- has been rebuilt.
It was not good news in portions of New York and New Jersey, where homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in places such as Staten Island and Far Rockaway, Queens, lacked basic utilities needed to restore heat.
Many of them, when the shelters close, have nowhere to go because their homes are destroyed.
As many as 200, 000 homes were destroyed in Cuba by the combined forces of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
The explosion left at least a half dozen people dead, dozens injured, and nearly 40 homes completely destroyed.
Superstorm Sandy highlighted the vulnerability of New Jersey's coast, with tens of thousands of oceanfront homes either destroyed or heavily damaged.
That still leaves a big housing shortage, though, in a state where more than 200, 000 homes were destroyed by the hurricanes.
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Even in the former capital, Yangon, people whose homes were destroyed are sleeping in temples and other public buildings, he said.
Rebuild Joplin works to construct housing for people whose homes were destroyed.
More than 38 homes were destroyed by the fireball that followed.
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In Colorado Springs, where more than 1, 000 crews are deployed, a preliminary report indicates that 347 homes were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire, Mayor Steve Bach said Thursday.
Some had reimbursed homeowners for repairs after a September 2010 earthquake, only to see the same homes flattened five months later by the February quake, which left 14, 000 homes either destroyed or condemned.
As he said, homes were destroyed and many were left with the need of extensive medical attention either from injury as a direct result of the fighting or because of the lack of proper medical care in general.
Ever since their homes were destroyed during the war six years ago, more than 500 Roma (Gypsies) have been living in makeshift camps set up by the UN next to a disused - but contaminated - lead smelter in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo.
But the costs hit home when ecosystem degradation translates into lost lives or illness, when scarcities bring supply chains to a grinding halt, when homes are destroyed or jobs lost, or when preventable damage from natural disasters overwhelms the budgets of insurers and governments.
Some 1, 200 homes here were destroyed by the tornado, 10 times that many were damaged.
Last week, it was reported that Russian troops were evacuating Georgians whose homes had been destroyed.
Five terraced homes have been destroyed after a roof blaze spread through the properties.
Sixty-three structures, 21 of them homes, were destroyed, and three civilians and two firefighters were injured.
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The trainees also learned how to border the terraces using stones recovered from destroyed homes.
But if many homes have been destroyed, people may be spending the night with no shelter, he said.
Many Gazans have returned to find their homes and schools destroyed and are turning to the UN for help.
More than 200 sq km of land and 120 homes have been destroyed.
There are several homes burning or destroyed in Poway that are less than a half-mile away from the home we left.
Guided by Gov. Chris Christie, the prince viewed destroyed homes and shook hands with first responders as residents lined streets waiting to greet him.
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