Usually carried out after rescue efforts have been abandoned, the recovery phase may include the removal of large rubble piles and recovering bodies. This work can be carried out by local teams ...
For the residents of Mhaibib, however, there will be little to return to – only a pile of rubble remains.
In 1693 in the city of Noto Antica of Sicily, a massive earthquake brought the ancient settlement to the ground, leaving nothing but piles of rubble ... the trails of this medieval city turned ...