Salt storms can also block visibility and cause chemical damage to surrounding structures.
They feed on wood and can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures.
Although earthquakes are relatively frequent, they rarely cause damage to well constructed structures.
Its longer duration increases the numbers of casualties and causes more damage to structures.
"Using current technique, earthquakes can cause severe damage to tall structures in our cities."
"Three impacts caused light damage to nearby structures," the report says.
Flash flooding caused significant damage to several dozen houses and municipal structures.
They may cause an allergic response but are not known to spread disease and cause no damage to structures or furniture.
The process produces no new proteins, it only causes physical changes to existing structures.
The high tide is expected to cause more beach erosion and further damage to fragile structures along the coast.