The city of Houston was among the greatest beneficiaries of the boom , and the Houston area became Becoming home to the largest concentration of refineries and petrochemical plants in the world .

Sections of the Chicago economy were shut down Being_in_operation for several days during and after the riots Violence , since plants Placing were closed Being_in_operation to avoid Preventing_or_letting interaction among bickering groups .

With the Great Migration Motion , thousands of African Americans from the American South had settled Statement next to neighborhoods of European immigrants on Chicago 's South Side , near jobs in the stockyards , meatpacking plants , and industry .

Protests Protest were ignited Causation over plans Arranging to expand Expansion a coal-fired power plant Placing in the town—a plan Arranging that residents opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act , arguing Quarreling that existing Presence coal-fired plants had caused Causation environmental and health damage Damaging .

Debris obstructed Hindering roads across northern Queensland and power outages disrupted Damaging electrical service Supply , even at water treatment plants , forcing officials to warn Warning residents to boil water as a precautionary measure .

On 12 October 2012 , TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take necessary measures for fear of inviting lawsuits Legality or protests against its nuclear plants .

The bombing Attack killed Killing between 489 and 528 civilians , and destroyed Destroying bridges , industrial plants , public buildings , private businesses , as well as barracks and military installations .

American strategic bombing Attack raids Attack in June-July 1944 seriously damaged Damaging twenty-four synthetic oil plants and sixty-nine refineries , which brought Causation 98 % of all of Germany ’ s aviation fuel plants to halt Process_end and dropped Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale monthly synthetic oil production Manufacturing to 51,000 tons .

American strategic bombing Attack raids Attack in June-July 1944 seriously damaged Damaging twenty-four synthetic oil plants and sixty-nine refineries , which brought Causation 98 % of all of Germany ’ s aviation fuel plants to halt Process_end and dropped Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale monthly synthetic oil production Manufacturing to 51,000 tons .