Those that were damaged were already weakened by rotting components, had tilted or had concrete annexes added to them.

Unfortunately, building such structures is neither affordable nor possible anymore.

They have already decided to get beyond where they left off and move on to the substantive components of the peace treaty.

They don't have sense enough to move that before it starts rotting.

Miles before we got there, you could smell the stench of all this rotting from the flood ... even from up in the air, ... I would be surprised if people would be able to move back very soon, just from the level of destruction.

The building was literally rotting and tilting when we got it.