In a four hour fight, heavy air support was used against the Iraqi forces, however the mosque was spared damage.
The entire city was under a mandatory evacuation and almost no homes were spared damage.
David Heath and Margaret's home had also been spared damage.
Because the blizzard slowed coastal inspections for days, officials at first thought that the shore had been spared new damage.
Several centuries later, in 1093, a fire destroyed the building, but the crypt was spared damage.
Houston, where 2.5 million residents choked roadways for hours as they fled the approach of the storm, appeared to have been spared major damage.
There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been spared major damage.
He was apparently spared damage to the anterior cruciate ligament, a more serious injury.
Despite its proximity to Kobe, this city was spared major physical damage from the earthquake.