displaced
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Most of the population has been displaced, and many are living in squalid tent camps or bombed-out buildings where they are reliant on humanitarian aid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Aid disruptions and aftershocks across the Indonesian island of Flores are fuelling fears among thousands of survivors who were displaced by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, he added, villages have been cut off from aid and displaced people whose homes were damaged or destroyed have been forced to seek higher ground, as hundreds of aftershocks continue to rattle the island.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kehillat Israel, closed since the Palisades fire, reopened last week, welcoming its congregation, which includes 230 families who lost their homes and an additional 250 families who were displaced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
There a United Nations relief organization assigned us to a displaced persons camp in Wetzlar, Germany, in the American occupation zone.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
