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Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (5 files)

Images from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, also known as the Kobe Earthquake, of January 17, 1995.
mhc-ghe 195 b3-15 The emergency services were stretched to the limits trying to protect and inform the public. Keywords: policewoman, megaphone, disaster zone, earthquake, japan, kobe, fire, destruction
mhc-ghe 195 b6-5 Bewlidered parents and children watched as emergency services tried their best to rescue trapped people and deal with fires. Keywords: kobe, earthquake, japan, mother, child, holding hands
mhc-ghe 195 s2-35 The noise of the earthquake was one of its most notable features, but the noise of the aftermath was significant too, with the double beat of Chinook helicopters overhead, the incessant sirens of the emergency services, and the alarms of cars crushed by falling buildings which continued to sound for days until the cars' batteries died. This buidling was a multi-storey carpark. The fire in the distance covered several citiy blocks. Keywords: destruction, kobe, earthquake, japan, carpark, multistorey, smoke, pall, gulley, river
mhc-ghe 195 s3-14 People were shocked by the power of the quake and the level of destruction, wanting to help but initially were unsure what to do. Keywords: destruction, kobe, earthquake, japan, fire, men, fire service
mhc-ghe 195 s3-15 Wearing only what they had on at the time the quake struck, many mucked in with the overstretched emergency services in a desperate bid to fight the fires. Keywords: destruction, kobe, earthquake, japan, fire, men, firefighter, hoses, red, car

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