New Zealand Deadliest Earthquake Has Over 100 People Dead
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New Zealand search and rescue operations director David Laurie 25th morning confirmed, Christchurch (6.3-magnitude earthquake victims Christchurch) toll has risen to 113. On the same day, New Zealand officials announced the first the list of the victims.
The first was identified four victims all for Christchurch locals, including two adults and two babies. They are the 42-year-old jamie, 40, Joseph, five months and Baxter and 9 months jayden.
According to the herald reports, jayden is when the earthquake in the home is TV ark hit medium died, "he hasn't learn to crawl," jayden grandmother sadly said, "but never stood a chance."
The first list published than planned delayed several hours, police explanation says, "we understand families in waiting despair and suffering", but need time through strict identity confirmed to ensure foolproof, this also is legal procedural requirements.
The official announcement of the list of the victims at the same time, New Zealand media are beginning to publish the list of the victims from the folk, this list by "victims" friends offer clues summary and into. Meanwhile, other countries also began to publish their respective sure of the list of the victims.
In order to confirm the victims faster identity, Christchurch city coroner Sue Johnson called for missing friends family as provide relevant missing friends, such as describing the characteristic of tattoo, clothing, accessories, and so on.
New Zealand police say, at present number missing still for 228. But among them 122 people believed to be trapped in the collapse of Canterbury television building, hard to survive. Within the building of education college English school, king has 32 name Chinese students, including 10 people that safety, seven people missing. At present, Chinese embassy in New Zealand has not receive about earthquake casualties of overseas Chinese and foreign students expressly notified. Embassy staff in TV station building site help rescue.
New Zealand prime minister John gere, said the weak in total are expected to exceed 200 people.
Search and rescue work is still underway, as time goes by, survivors hope gradually fading. 23 afternoon a woman rescued after 48 hour past, have yet to discover new survivors. But from China, Australia, Japan, Britain, the United States and other countries of the ten bottles rescue teams still and New Zealand search and rescue personnel on site together, looking for survivors and bodies. Rescuers said. "we're still optimistic," if the buried in rubbles happened in safer corner, still have hope in lack of food and water circumstances adhere to a very long time.
At present, Christchurch 75% of electricity and 40% of the water supply has been restored, but the official remind residents, best will quote water second boiling references. In addition, some in the earthquake was shock looseness and tilt but fails to collapse of architectural also became hidden trouble, including located downtown damaged possibly at any time in the aftershock collapsed in the highest building minister hotel.
Local time on February 22nd, New Zealand's second-largest city Christchurch Richter 6.3-magnitude earthquake, this is New Zealand most deadly earthquake in 80 years. 2010 September, New Zealand happened 7.4 earthquake, but previous earthquakes although magnitude higher, but far from the city center and focal deeper, and caused no casualties
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