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Well, 2000 people had died during the explosion, and before the explosion the population was 50 000 so 48 000, but what nobody relizes is that there ws a blizzard the night of the Halifax explosion so we don't know how many died during the night or after from the side effects
2ooo homes were destroyed
"The Halifax Building Society doesn't actually build homes. They are a bank that used to be called the Halifax Building Society. Now they go under a similar name. They can finance homes, however, they don't build them."
There were temporary camps established around the city, most notably on the Halifax Commons, but the residents were not "asked to go" anywhere. Many homes were only temporarily uninhabitable (broken windows were most common) and were allowed to be re-used as soon as they had been inspected for structural damage.Many residents who had friends or families in the area went to stay with them until their homes could be repaired or re-built.
130,000 homes where destroyed in the earthquake
4200
2ooo homes were destroyed
100000
During World War II, it is estimated that around 1.5 million homes in Britain were destroyed by bombs. In Germany, the number of homes destroyed by bombs is estimated to be around 3.5 million.
9,000 Darwin homes were destroyed by Cyclone Tracy, out of the city's total of 12,000 homes. This figure does not include the shanty homes inhabited by the Aborigines on the city's fringes. Many of them were simply not counted, because it is unknown how many there were.
The Tri-State tornado destroyed about 15,000 homes.
Approximately 9000 homes were destroyed or damaged in Cyclone Tracy.