Social: Almost every school (7,000) collapsed, killing 6,000 children, these buildings were critisised as 'tofu' - meaning that they looked structurally safe but contained little steel and were not reinforced therefore, easily broken. 70,000 died, 19,000 missing, 245,000 injured and 5 million homeless
Environmental: Landslides and rockslides in mountainous area, 3 villages were overwhelmed, killing 1,000 people. Reservoirs were damaged.
Economical: 50,000 greenhouses were destroyed - this consequently affected food production. 7.3 million livestock barns were destroyed. Irrigation systems for the rice fields were affected. 15,000,000 buildingd collapsed. 5,000 pipes were damaged. 839 water tanks collapsed. 1,300 water treatment works were destroyed.
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