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Firefighters say at least 33 homes have been lost in addition to the damage at the observatory and that that figure is likely to change.
BBC: News - Australia bushfire destroys homes and damages observatory
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The past day and a half since the arrival of a historic storm has brought traumatic devastation lives have been lost, homes have been leveled, fires have ravaged blocks.
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There are so many stories like this, stories of dogs that have been in loving homes and have lost their guardians, or dogs who have been neglected most of their lives and are now given a death sentence at a shelter.
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More homes would have surely been lost.
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In the whole eastern region, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes, herds of livestock have been drowned, crops destroyed and roads and bridges swept away.
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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.
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"About 30% of the city has been destroyed, so a large number of people have lost their homes, " said WFP spokesperson, Lara Melo.
BBC: Goma resilient despite devastation
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The middle class has been badly hit: perhaps 100, 000 people have lost their homes because of a combination of earlier interest-rate rises and falling property prices.
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