The tornado killed 5 people, injured 10 others, and rendered 25 families homeless.
Indirect deaths and the total who will be rendered homeless are impossible to calculate.
The United Nations says more than 200,000 people have been rendered homeless in the recent fighting.
On 24 November 1968 the new settlement caught fire again, rendering 3,000 people homeless.
Another 50,000 were rendered homeless as a result of the "100 year flood".
Many residents of the area were rendered homeless and without shelter.
Within hours one hundred houses had been destroyed, and 500 people rendered homeless - 10% of the population.
The fire destroyed the business district and rendered 10,000 residents homeless in the course of eight hours.
She was a child rendered homeless by divorce, and more than anything she wanted Daddy back.
At least 40,000 residents were rendered homeless and were moved to relief camps.