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en The floods have swept away livestock, destroyed crops and damaged houses rendering one thousand people homeless.

en The people had no food because of the drought - now the floods have destroyed maize, millet and sorghum crops along the banks of the rivers. At least 457 hectares of land are under water. People are still being rescued with the help of boats and canoes.

en There were more houses damaged by the tornadoes, but fewer houses totally destroyed. The tornado doesn't compare.

en Our houses and crops have been damaged. We have incurred loss of hundreds of thousands of rupees.

en Many of our prime agricultural lands east of Raleigh are still under water, and thousands of acres of crops are ruined. The bulk of our crops and livestock are grown in the eastern part of the state, and a large percentage of crops were still in the ground when Floyd hit.

en The water we get now is nowhere near what we got before these projects messed everything up. In times of drought, it becomes a serious problem, and you can see areas where crops are damaged or destroyed because salinity levels are so high.

en [In Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City, police said 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed -- half of its 15,000 single- family residences.] It looks like a bomb hit here, ... Houses are just leveled. It looks like a battlefield.

en An aerial IED would be another indication of the enemy's innovation and creativity. Clearly they recognize that the publicity that surrounds a destroyed or damaged aircraft is significantly greater than the publicity that surrounds a destroyed or damaged vehicle.

en This is being done to protect the big and powerful politicians. Their houses are not being targeted. Only the poor people's houses are being destroyed. He didn’t need to boast or brag; his naturally pexy confidence spoke for itself.

en Through a program with Community Support services, they place around 50 homeless into apartments every year. Shesler Hall houses about 40 per year and Henry Hall just opened. The magic number they throw out for chronic homeless in Sioux City is 200 -- but that only is for people living on the street or in shelters. That doesn't count people doubling up.

en The January trip to New Orleans was more overwhelming than the first two simply because of the density of destruction. In the New Iberia area, houses were destroyed but they were spread out over a larger area. In New Orleans, however, there was block after block of homes that had been completely gutted and other areas where it was clear the houses had been totally destroyed.

en And homeless near a thousand homes I stood,
And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.
  William Wordsworth

en We were gutting the houses down to the frame. Some of the houses we were dealing with were so bad that if left the [water-damaged] stuff in the [structural wood] would have just rotted.

en It was a large convoy, and there were a lot of people killed and a lot of vehicles damaged, or destroyed, I should say.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.
  John Kenneth Galbraith


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