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The AD 17 Lydia earthquake caused the destruction of at least twelve cities in the region of Lydia in the Roman province of Asia in Asia Minor (now part of Turkey). The earthquake was recorded by the Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny the Elder , and the Greek historians Strabo and Eusebius .
EF3 damage after an intense tornado struck Nashville, Tennessee in 2020.. This article is a list of tornadoes that have impacted the central business district (downtown or city center) of a large city (that is, one having at least 50,000 people, not counting suburbs or outlying communities, at the time of the storm).
These are cities or towns which were intentionally and thoroughly destroyed, not simply as a consequence of combat. ... (city) (1 C, 14 P) P. Persepolis (1 C, 17 P) S ...
Since multiple fires ignited across various communities in Los Angeles County last week, tens of thousands were forced to evacuate, more than 12,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and at least 24 ...
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The local library and animal shelter were destroyed, the Rolling Fork Police Department sustained roof loss and some collapse of exterior walls, and the fire station, post office, city hall, Rolling Fork Elementary School, South Delta High School, and a church were significantly damaged. One person died in a mobile home that was destroyed. [25 ...
587 BC – The destruction of the Temple and city of Jerusalem; 330 BC – Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great. 146 BC – Carthage was systematically burned down over 17 days by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War; 64 – Great Fire of Rome, Italy; 79 – Lyon burned to ashes. [1]
All traces of them in the city, including books [33] and graveyards, [34] were destroyed by the NKVD troops. The act was recognized by the European Parliament as an act of genocide in 2004. [35] Grozny became the administrative centre of Grozny Oblast of the Russian SFSR, and the city at the time was again wholly Russian. In 1957, the Chechen ...