Few people in the town survived the earthquake.

在地震中，镇上没有几个人幸存下来。

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But the Spanish soldiers and the people of the town had survived in the fort.

但西班牙士兵和居民在城堡中得以幸免。

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The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.

日本捕鲸重镇鲇川浜挺过数十年来保育团体的怒火，但对彻底摧毁、而且可能永远毁灭该产业的巨大海啸则毫无招架之力。

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When the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami struck on 11 March 2011, almost all the elementary and junior high school children in the small coastal town of Kamaishi survived.

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Charles was the only streetcar line that survived when New Orleans ripped up all the other tracks around town and switched to buses.

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"Woolworths were certainly very much part of town centres throughout the Troubles and survived and came back again and traded very strongly, " he said.

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