21.   City authorities ordered residents not to move back into their damaged houses but feared that some might have gone back to collect valuables and gotten trapped.

22.   Damaged houses have been marked with white flags, and authorities have begun demolishing those at risk of collapsing.

23.   Damage was evidenced everywhere, with buckled roads, snapped power lines, and damaged houses among the wreckage.

24.   Days later, a police officer with a pistol in a hip holster stood guard in one damaged house.

25.   Eighteen people were arrested for looting damaged houses and shops in Acapulco, the Mexican government news agency Notimex reported.

26.   Engineers struggled Sunday to restore power to Seychelles after a violent windstorm caused a blackout, blocked roads with fallen trees and damaged houses.

27.   First pictures from the earthquake scene appearing on state television showed badly damaged houses and rescue teams pulling a young girl out of the debris.

28.   Four international peace monitors moved into a damaged house Tuesday in this abandoned but strategic town in Kosovo, in a move aimed at persuading refugees to return home.

29.   He spent part of the night helping pull people out of a damaged house near his hotel, he said.

30.   He spent part of the night helping pull people out of a damaged house near his hotel.