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July 08 2012

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A dilapidated single-storey building with a broken, partly collapsed tiled roof and peeling teal-green paint. Two teal wooden doors with slatted panels stand in the centre, with a dark doorway to the left and a barred window to the right. A low whitewashed boundary wall with pillars frames the entrance, and the ground in front holds scattered rubbish and leaves. A small sign is fixed to the left wall. No people are visible.2012-07-08A photograph of a collapsed thatched-roof mud house after a cyclone. Its white and pale green walls have broken away, leaving rubble of red bricks and broken concrete slabs spread across the ground. Wooden poles prop up the sagging thatch roof, and a doorway is visible at the back. Palm trees stand in the background. A torn newspaper lies among the debris, and a clay pot sits nearby. No people are visible.2012-01-07October 02 20092009-10-02A photograph of storm-damaged buildings on a residential street. In the centre a small structure with a collapsed thatched roof of dried palm fronds and bamboo rafters is partly exposed, with bare timber poles propping its green wall. Beside it stand white and orange-painted concrete houses, a light green wall and a corrugated sheet roof with debris scattered on the ground in the foreground. No people are visible.2012-01-07A rural village scene of a low mud-brick house with a bright turquoise painted wall and a thatched roof of dried straw and palm fronds, with a torn white cloth draped over part of the roof. A woven palm-frond fence stands to the left beside a concrete drain along a dirt road. A silver metal pot sits in the dusty yard, a yellow plastic bag lies on the ground, and a banana plant grows at the right edge beneath leafy trees and power lines. A chalk kolam-style design is drawn on a flat stone slab in the foreground. No people are visible.2007-03-03A photo of a dilapidated single-storey building with weathered white-washed walls, a rusted corrugated roof partly collapsed, a barred wooden window and a sagging wire-mesh enclosure with bamboo poles propped against it. Tall coconut palms and a leafy tree surround it, with overhead power lines and a parked car in the background, set on overgrown green grass. No people are visible.2018-05-22July 08 20122012-07-08A photograph of collapsed village houses after a disaster. Concrete slabs, broken bricks, fallen thatch and palm fronds, and wooden beams lie in a heap in the foreground. A blue wooden door painted with red diamond shapes stands at left, still upright in a broken wall. A woven mat lies over the rubble at right, and a green tree and a thatched-roof structure with stone pillars stand behind. No people are visible.2009-10-02October 02 20092009-10-02A photograph of a collapsed rural dwelling after a disaster. Broken reed and thatch mats, timber beams and concrete posts lie in a heap of debris in the foreground. A green-painted concrete trough sits at lower right, and a rough stone wall with a blue-framed wooden door stands in the background under a clear sky with trees. No people are visible.2009-10-02A photograph of a damaged, partly collapsed rural shed or hut. Its corrugated metal roof sheets are bent and torn, with exposed rafters and sagging timber sticking out at angles. A white-painted pole stands in the foreground on the left, and a metal post on the right supports the edge. Dried palm fronds lie piled in the bottom left, with scattered debris, broken bricks and rubble on the ground. Green shrubs and foliage grow along the right edge. No people are visible.2009-10-02A rural village courtyard in late daylight with a large stacked pile of cut wooden logs against a whitewashed wall on the left. Behind them stands a low stone-walled building with a small flat-roofed porch supported by blue-and-red painted wooden pillars, and a doorway opening into a dim interior. A tall stone chimney-like structure rises from a roof in the background, and a woven rope bed and burlap sack lie on the left. Scattered litter and bare earth fill the foreground, with leafy trees and a hazy sky above. No people are visible.2009-10-02