Sentences with phrase «devastated by an earthquake»

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters)- Seven years after being devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, L'Aquila's abandoned city center is a stark reminder of the struggle facing Italian towns hit by a quake last week.

Like most of the island, Heartline was devastated by the earthquake.

On March 28 the remote Indian Ocean island of Nias was devastated by an earthquake.

Alberto Burri's «Il Grande Cretto», made between 1984 - 89 in the old Italian city of Gibellina which was devastated by an earthquake in 1968.

Yansa and the World Wind Energy Association want to set up, together with local organizations, a small wind farm to fund community - led reconstruction in rural indigenous communities devastated by the earthquakes of 7 and 19 September.

In this installment, he visits the town of Norcia, Italy, after it was devastated by an earthquake.

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Japan «Spurred in large part by rebuilding efforts [following the devastating earthquake and tsunami], Japanese GDP should expand by 2.2 % next year.

Japan had a stockpile of them when the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck last March, and Weatherhaven participated in the Haitian earthquake relief effort by selling relief agencies 140 temporary shelters at cost.

The service is known as TchoTcho, and was jointly launched by Kingston, Jamaica — based Digicel Group and Scotiabank following Haiti's devastating 2011 earthquake.

Same goes for theologies that suggest the poor are poor because of their sins, that if only the sick had more faith or gave more money they would be healed, that the tsunami or the earthquake or the flood that devastated a community was clearly the result of God's wrath on its gay inhabitants, that we can stop rape by teaching women to cover up better, that sex before marriage makes a person «broken» and «unwanted.»

It's been a very full on year with new product launches, a terribly devastating Earthquake in Ecuador followed by an epic trip to Ecuador to visit our farmers, new fabulous people have joined the CHOC Chick team, fantastic growth with CHOC Chick products stocked with new independent stockists and even more Holland & Barrett stores in the UK and Europe and amazing awards won.

«Now, more than ever, we have an important opportunity to unite and support each other, together we can improve lives and help those that need it around the world by dining out at one of these amazing restaurants,» commented Chef José Andrés, who founded World Central Kitchen in 2010 after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and continues to lead relief efforts alongside the World Central Kitchen chef team in hard - hit areas including most recently in Houston and Puerto Rico.

In central China's Jishi Gorge, gray sediment layers — now well above the Yellow River — indicate an ancient lake created in a landslide and then released by a devastating earthquake.

Since 1900, numerous magnitude 8 or larger earthquakes have occurred on this subduction zone interface that were followed by devastating tsunamis, including the 1960 M9.5 earthquake in southern Chile, the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in the world.

After being tossed about and damaged by the tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan on March 11, Japan's drilling ship the Chikyu has been given an especially fitting assignment: to drill into the fault zone and take temperature measurements near the epicentre of the magnitude - 9.0 Tohoku earthquake that caused the tsunami.

As central Italy continues to dig out from a devastating earthquake that killed more than 150 people, the country is abuzz with questions about whether an Italian scientist predicted the deadly event and had his warning silenced by local officials.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters)- A warning from U.S. scientists that Oklahoma may be hit by a major earthquake has caused a run on insurance policies for tremors in the heartland state, adding to the woes of residents already in the firing line of devastating tornadoes.

The region investigated in this study is of great interest because in the past it has repeatedly been hit by devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.

Elevated land - based islands are what one architect is proposing for the Tōhoku region of north - east Japan, the area that was devastated by last March's magnitude 9 earthquake and the mega-tsunamis it triggered.

The devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear disaster in Japan had a high mental health impact — with some effects persisting several years later, according to a comprehensive research review in the January / February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.

The report was the result of workshops and discussions organized by AAAS and its Caribbean Division after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti and involved over 100 scientists, engineers, educators, and government leaders from Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada, Rwanda, and the United States.

Even though cells are not threatened by hurricanes and earthquakes, the damage induced by heat or radiation is equally devastating: Important proteins that control chemical reactions, transport substances or recognize signal substances, among others, lose their structure and are rendered useless.

Scientists from seismic monitoring agencies across the globe were shaken out of bed this morning by calls to respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Japan.

Using data from the GPS stations, an accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu, data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.

Just know that they arrive, hover and wreak havoc in a series of waves: a devastating electromagnetic pulse, followed by earthquakes and tsunamis (with tidal wave effects that look pretty cheesy), then an avian flu, then snipers, I think...?

Devastated by the 2010 Haitian earthquake, 15 - year - old Magdalie's world is turned upside down.

A devastating earthquake followed by an all conquering tsunami has almost brought the land of the rising sun to a halt with ripples to be felt almost everywhere on earth.

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The culminating training event used the real life events of last year's devastating Nepal earthquake and injected a veterinarian aspect requiring the veterinarians to assess the economic impact to the rural regions affected by the earthquake and to prepare courses of action for crisis management to include livestock.

Since Scott and I have experienced the kindness of the Japanese people during this visit, I was not shocked to hear there was no looting by the Japanese people after the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNTA), together with the Provincial Government of Sichuan, has officially opened the 2011 Sichuan International Tourism Festival, 2011 with a formal ceremony held at the town of Shuimo in Wenchuan County, Sichuan ProvinceRunning until May 15th, 2011 this international tourism festival commemorates the devastation caused by the 8.0 - magnitude earthquake that struck the province of Sichuan at 2:28 pm China local time on May 12th, 2008 with devastating consequences to both life and property.

The city was also affected by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and many commercial and residential buildings were devastated by its aftermath, including the nearby Newhall Pass, the Valencia Town Center, and Six Flags Magic Mountain.

The world in gamigo's shooter MMORPG Grimlands has been transformed into a nightmarish setting by a series of devastating earthquakes.

Two years after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti, this conference, the first of its kind in the United States, focuses on the vibrancy of Haitian cultural production in the twenty - first century by highlighting three art forms in three days: cinema, visual arts, and literature.

The film documents Burri's singular Land art memorial, the enormous Grande cretto (Large Cretto, 1985 — 89; with its last section completed posthumously in 2014) in Gibellina, Sicily, a town devastated by a 1968 earthquake.

That August, the artist was beaten by Chinese police for trying to testify for Tan Zuoren, with whom he had investigated the aftermath — student casualties as well as poorly constructed buildings and infrastructure — of the devastating 8.0 - magnitude earthquake that shook the Sichuan province in May of 2008.

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will honour the youngest victims of the devastating 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan province by holding a live tribute on the opening weekend of its summer exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What?

She takes as her starting point the hybrid novel - play by Moroccan writer Mohammed Khaïr - Eddine — Agadir (1967)-- which reflects on the devastating earthquake that destroyed much of the modernist city of Agadir, Morocco, in 1960.

On April 6, the medieval town of L'Aquila was devastated by a 6.3 - magnitude earthquake.

Istanbul is best known these days as a thriving commercial hub and tourist spot, but its record of devastating quakes is etched in centuries of artwork, as seen in the slide show below, with the images drawn from the remarkable collection of earthquake art assembled by Jan Kozak in Prague.

The eruption was preceded by an 8.4 earthquake which devastated Honshu Island.

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Given the nature of her initiative, the Organization of American States has invited her to travel to Haiti in May to participate in the discussion about the reconstruction of the country, hit by a devastating earthquake on January 12.

And although their use as a disaster response has been questioned, they've proven to be a useful resource when a tsunami hit Chile last year and a group of students from a local university was able to re-build a local school in a devastated town in only four weeks.A fishing town of 3,000 people, Tubul is located about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south - west from Santiago, and was one of the areas most affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

«Then the horrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan struck, followed by the devastating tornados in Tuscaloosa and Joplin, and the record - breaking Mississippi River flooding and Arizona forest fires.»

Allianz Global Assistance expresses its deepest sympathy and solidarity with the pain of the Nepalese people, who have been so violently hit by the earthquake which devastated the country, the company said.

In 1906, the city of San Francisco was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake which developed into a devastating fire.