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But how could the _1_____ believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was
___2___. All of the city's hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were
___3___. ___4___ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them
away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling. The railway
___5___ were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.
Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.
People were ___6___. Then, later that afternoon, another big ___7___ which was almost as strong
as the first one shook Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were ___8___ under the
ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and ___9___ were hard to get. People began to wonder
how long the ___10___ would last.