Schools were no exception to this devastation, both in infrastructural damage and in disruptions to students' education.
The island is small and mountainous; there is no oil or iron; frequent earthquakes and typhoons cause infrastructural damage.
Natural disasters in Nepal cause a significant impact on the national GDP particularly due to infrastructural damage, destruction of public and private properties, and loss of life.
The consequent 12-hour flood surge, with an estimated peak discharge of 1000 m3s− 1, inflicted severe loess erosion, agricultural, property and infrastructural damage downstream ($6 million).
For example, in 2000 cyclone-induced floods claimed 700 lives, left more than 500,000 people homeless, and caused USD 1 billion in infrastructural damage in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Wamukonya and Rukato 2001).
Cyclone-induced floods in 2000 claimed the lives of 700 people and left more than 500,000 people homeless and caused over USD 1 billion of infrastructural damage in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Wamukonya and Rukato 2001).
This consequently produces catastrophic outburst floods and debris flows that inundate the downstream areas, causing loss of lives and infrastructural damage (O'Connor and Costa 2004; Bonnard 2011; Plaza et al. 2011).
Infrastructural damage was also reported due to winds and rain, as well as damage to crops.
In Hampton Roads, damage was minor, and was confined to downed utility wires and marginal infrastructural damage.
The hurricane's strong winds resulted in widespread property and infrastructural damage.
