It could get a lot cheaper if the nuclear situation worsens and earthquake damage takes its toll.
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The condition of the church, which has suffered extensive earthquake damage in its history, has been of concern.
Some of the roads and bridges are still closed because of earthquake damage.
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Buildings near Juyuan Middle School show few visible signs of earthquake damage.
First, workers must make sure there was no earthquake damage.
Holding back an enormous reservoir, the dam was built in the face of strong opposition from critics who gave warning, among other things, that it would be vulnerable to earthquake damage that might cause disastrous floods.
The resources that will go into repairing earthquake and hurricane damage are resources that have alternative uses alternative uses that have to be given up.
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The Deutsche Bank estimate echoes preliminary speculation from the Insurance Information Institute that U.S. and non-Japanese insurers could escape the Japanese earthquake with limited damage.
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The data will also be given to relief workers to show them where an earthquake has wrought most damage in a city.
If there is any natural disaster on the property or on the World Heritage site, such as earthquake, flood or damage caused by armed conflict, the World Heritage Fund can be required.
Earlier, the International Monetary Fund said it believed Japan's economy was strong enough to afford the cost of rebuilding the damage from the earthquake and tsunami.
The earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, resulting in radiation leaks which forced the evacuation of almost 80, 000 people from the surrounding area.
Our hearts are broken when we see the scenes of little children struggling without a mom or a dad, or the bodies in the streets or the physical damage of the earthquake.
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The human and economic damage from the earthquake and tsunami are terrible, and the apparent release of some radioactive materials into the atmosphere compounds the significant sense of unease in global markets.
Companies that escaped damage from the earthquake and ensuing tsunamihave to cope with rolling power outages and disruptions to supplies of water, raw materials and transportation, suggesting the road to reconstruction could be long and halting.
Japan's reconstruction bill has been increasing as the full extent of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami becomes clear.
Many car manufacturers have been dealing with parts shortages due to damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March.
If they had been kept in place for 12 days, the cost of the measures could have amounted to more than the cost of any damage done when the earthquake actually came.
Many injured residents were sent to the nearby provincial capital of Chengdu, which sustained damage in a stronger 2008 earthquake that killed more than 80, 000 people and revealed the depth of the region's substandard building quality and emergency response efforts.
The human toll and economic damage in Japan was from the earthquake, not the subsequent potential problems with nuclear plants.
Chinese troops have repaired a dam cracked in this week's earthquake, but officials remain concerned about the damage to reservoirs in the devastated Sichuan province.
The disclosure was one of the first detailed accountings of how much damage manufacturers suffered because of the earthquake, which is believed to have affected dozens of factories.
The same formula that FEMA looks at -- they looked at in terms of recommending those disaster declarations for Irene and other disasters was applied in the earthquake situation, and it's my understanding that FEMA decided that while there was damage, that Virginia had it within its capacity to deal with it with regards to the earthquake.
But it is remarkable how small the nuclear damage is compared with that of the earthquake and tsunami.
The damage of an 8.9 point offshore earthquake and subsequent tsunami that pummeled Japan Friday has yet to be tallied, but for a U.S. insurer with a major presence in the country the disaster is unlikely to have a major impact on the bottom line.
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During the first phase right after the earthquake it was impossible to promote Japan because of the significant damage.
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Mr Bilham believes this area has the potential to generate several earthquakes of magnitude 8 or more, and is the most vulnerable (in terms of potential loss of life and damage) of the regions that could produce a great earthquake.
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The earthquake that devastated the Japanese coast and probably caused billions of dollars in damage was almost 10 times as powerful as the previous largest quakes to hit the island.
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Maxim (MXIM): The chip maker said there has been no damage to its partner facility, Seiko Epson, from the earthquake, but that a power outage has affected production at the facility, in Sakata, Japan.
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