Hiroshima was destroyed in 80% of the buildings. They measured that by the buildings still standing. That they didn't take in consideration was the number of the still standing buildings that served no purpose. Still standing doesn't mean you can use it. As a matter of fact, most of the still standing buildings were destroyed for being not safe for living or housing a manufacturing plant.
The atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki or Hiroshima.
Upon impact, 70,000 people were killed instantly and another 70,000 injured. At that time, Hiroshima had a population of around 255,000. It's believed that there were around 140,000 deaths in total.
The city of Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed, the majority of the buildings had been wiped out and all that remained were concrete or brick structures and some foliage. A picture of post Atomic Bomb Hiroshima can be seen in the related links box below.
Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945):70,000 die instantlyAfter two days, the approximate total number of deaths recorded was 180,000 (this does not include deaths from radiation)Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945):70,000 die total
AnswerThe 30-Million is too high for the two nuclear bombs. Here are some estimates for the death toll at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1946, the Manhattan Engineer District published a study that concluded that 66,000 people were killed at Hiroshimaout of a population of 255,000.The Committee for the Compilation of Materials on Damage Caused by the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki estimated in 1978 that 346,000-356,000 people were present in Hiroshima at the time of the bombings, with fatalities of "some 200,000".Casualty estimates for immediate deaths in Hiroshima range from 40,000 to 75,000. Total deaths by the end of 1945 may have reached 80,000. (reference Wikipedia)
90,000-166,000
It was destroyed as well the deaths it brought.
See atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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In Nagasaki immediate deaths range from 40,000 to 75,000. Total deaths by the end of 1945 may have reached 80,000. In Hiroshima 70,000--80,000 people, or about 30% of the population of Hiroshima were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm, and another 70,000 injured. Over 90% of the doctors and 93% of the nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured. Most had been in the downtown area which received the greatest damage.
Most of the people did.
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It is 80%!
The atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki or Hiroshima.
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