The floodwaters damaged or destroyed many other businesses and homes in the city.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

In the Ancient Near East, destroyed cities tended to be leveled, and then a new city would just be built on top of the ruins, Tell Dor each one of those is called a tell These are mounds which represent the successive layers of destroyed and rebuilt cities.

在古代近东地区，被摧毁的城市一般较平坦，那么新城就可以建于废墟之上，这些土丘被称作“退尔“你们也许听过,这些就是小土丘,它们代表着一层层被摧毁又重建的城市。

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That tsunami almost completely destroyed the city of Hilo.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Volunteers from Indonesia's Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

There is also a scene of a banner with an American flag in the background and the New York City skyline with the destroyed World Trade Center twin towers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14