51.   When the earthquake came, the heavy tile roof came crashing through the ceiling, into the house, destroying much of its furnishings.

52.   When morning came, the red tile roofs on many houses had shell holes the size of soccer balls.

53.   While some have gaping cracks down the walls, or partially-collapsed tile roofs, others were surprisingly untouched, at least on the outside.

54.   While buildings of all kinds collapsed, by far the greatest number were old traditional Japanese wooden houses with heavy tile roofs.

55.   With their arched doorways, stucco facades and red tile roofs, the buildings are distinctly Mediterranean.

56.   Across the road, the second floor of a house lay crumpled under the weight of a heavy tile roof that crushed and killed a family of four.

57.   Blasted by heat, red tile roofs have caved in on charred timbers.

58.   But the windowless little structure on this U.S. Air Force base with a red tile roof is one of the most hotly contested buildings in Panama.

59.   But the windowless little structure with a red tile roof is one of the most hotly contested buildings in Panama.

60.   Clouds of pungent smoke waft over mud houses with red tile roofs while men in dark blue uniforms toss leafy green plants onto a bonfire.