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Displaying 2 of about 2 resultsOn September 18, 2011, Bhutan was hit by a 6.9 Richter scale earthquake that killed one person and injured 14 people. Houses, religious and cultural heritage monuments, and public buildings suffered the maximum and most visible damage in the earthquake: approximately 7,965 homes were affected, of which 345 were completely destroyed. Additionally, fifty…
The report presents a comprehensive post disaster needs assessment exercise, launched simultaneously with response and relief efforts at the request of the Government of Nepal, with the objective to estimate damages and losses caused by the earthquake and to help identify recovery needs as well as strategy required for its implementation. The assessment…