Cutting through the swathes of arguments as to whether the origin was from Alyes (French) Alice (English) Alan (Scottish) or Ellis (Norman from Hebrew), what can be said with historical accuracy is that the oldest know recording is English! (see below).
Disaster area. A disaster area is a region or a locale, heavily damaged by either natural, technological or social hazards. Disaster areas affect the population living in the community by dramatic increase in expense, loss of energy, food and services; and finally increase the risk of disease for citizens. An area that has been struck with a natural, technological or sociological hazard that opens the affected area for national or international aid.
County ME/Cs in the disaster area reported 63 earthquake-related deaths (60 directly related and three indirectly related). Of the 60 directly related deaths, 57 (95%) resulted from injuries sustained within 2 minutes of the earthquake; three resulted from injuries sustained within 8 hours of the earthquake (Table 1).