During that period some people demolished older homes and replaced them with newer homes.

While the hurricane demolished homes and businesses which were often rebuilt, the biggest damages from the flooding have been to crops.

The other half involves demolishing older homes to make way for immense new ones.

Palestinian residents of the casbah said Israeli forces had demolished several homes as well, an accusation the army denied.

These are, unfortunately, also highly effective weapons for demolishing homes and otherwise carrying out ethnic cleansing.

The winds demolished numerous homes in the region, leaving 140,000 residents homeless and another 400,000 people isolated.

And local governments have demolished homes in some Haitian settlements.

In Denmark, work has already begun on demolishing homes to make way for the bridge.

The settlement means that the city can begin demolishing homes, an emotional and symbolic act here, within a few weeks.

By the late '60s, the state had bought property and demolished several homes for road right-of-way.