made of earth

A government worker representing the district said, “Most of the houses are made of earth, and when there are floods, the houses become like mud and they collapse.”

Eyewitness: Sarhadi Khosti, 26, who lives in the Sperah district of Khost Province, said that he was awakened by the earthquake after 1 a.m. and that a number of houses — many made of earth or wood — had been destroyed.

Eyewitness: Sarhadi Khosti, 26, who lives in the Sperah district of Khost Province, said that he had been awoken by the earthquake after 1 a.m. and that a number of houses — especially those made of earth or wood — had been destroyed.

Though the rains weren’t as bad, their homes made of earth were easily swept away by the waters, he said.

These early levees, made of earth reinforced with timber, failed frequently.