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New Zealand earthquake: Death toll rises to 75

Many parts of Christchurch were left in ruins after the quake

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has declared a national state of emergency as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch rose to 75.

Police have said there is "incredible carnage right throughout the city", with "bodies littering the streets".

More than 300 people are still missing. Forty-eight were pulled out from collapsed buildings alive overnight.

The search has now been abandoned at one office block, but elsewhere a woman was rescued after more than 24 hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12547853

Note:Update Record,23 February 2011 Last updated at 06:12 GMT

300 people missing that's a lot for a city of 400,000 people.

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Originally Posted by Castout (Post 1603938)

300 people missing that's a lot for a city of 400,000 people.

True,:yep:

Its a complete utter disaster. Last night I was streaming the news footage as I can't get news channel where I live so have to watch the news from TVNZ website. Have to say I spent about 4hrs just watching and was gobsmacked.

If anyone interested go here: http://tvnz.co.nz/

Not a pretty sight :nope:

Have all our Kiwi Subsimmers been accounted for?

My prayers go out to the people of New Zealand.

Hopes fade for NZ quake missing

New Zealand PM John Key: "200 are feared potentially dead"

Hopes are fading of finding survivors beneath collapsed buildings in the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Ninety-eight bodies have now been recovered and taken to a temporary mortuary. Prime Minister John Key said that number could rise substantially.

Police have said 226 people are missing - up to 120 of them at one site alone.

But they have also insisted it remains a rescue operation and that specialists are still hunting for signs of life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12563177

Update Record,24 February 2011 Last updated at 08:40 GMT

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Originally Posted by August (Post 1604461)

Have all our Kiwi Subsimmers been accounted for?

My prayers go out to the people of New Zealand.

Bloody right...take care you Kiwis, our thoghts and prayers are with you.

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Originally Posted by Vendor (Post 1604845)

Thank you...Reuters

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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1605630)

Bloody right...take care you Kiwis, our thoghts and prayers are with you.

Thank you...Reuters

You are welcome...

New Zealand quake: The epicentre town

The port of Lyttelton sits in a landscape of staggering beauty and from a distance looks deceptively tranquil.

But the town was the closest to the epicentre of Tuesday's quake.

Normally the port is reached from Christchurch by a tunnel that goes beneath the mountain range, but it has been closed to traffic all week because of damage from rockfalls.

Instead, we reached Lyttelton along the road that snakes through the valleys and follows the coastline of this beautiful natural harbour.

Just outside the port we saw one of the more startling sights of the Christchurch quake - a bungalow with a gaping hole through its middle that looked as if it had been hit by a missile rather than an earthquake.

At first glance, it was hard to make sense of what could have happened. But then, about 50m (164ft) further down the hill, we saw the massive boulder that had come hurtling down the escarpment and crashed through the core of the property.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12578016

Note; Update Record,25 February 2011 Last updated at 12:12 GMT

Some good news I suppose. Couple still get married after EQ. A marriage made in heaven huh? :DL

You can view the Bride and groom getting married here:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/chri...ition-to-marry

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A groom who feared his bride-to-be would not live to see their wedding believes her survival was a sign the marriage was destiny.
Emma Howard and Chris Greenslade tied the knot today at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Burnside, after Howard was rescued from ruins of the Pyne Gould building on Tuesday.
Howard recounted today how she was trapped "in a foetal position" for a terrifying 6½ hours after she was thrown from her chair when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck at lunchtime on Tuesday.
The accountant said her decision not to crouch under her desk saved her life as a section of the concrete floor from above crashed down on to her work station.
"I'm so lucky I didn't get under my desk," she told Radio New Zealand today.
"My desk was crushed by the corner of the concrete floor roof above me that came down."
Ms Howard said she thought she was going to die and went through "crying fits" during her ordeal.
She told how she and her six co-workers talked to each other and used the lights on their mobile phones to see in the darkness.
"There were so many things in between us, but we could see each other and we heard each other perfectly," she said.
Trapped in the rubble, Ms Howard texted her fiance, fellow accountant Chris Greenslade, who raced to the building from his nearby workplace.
"He just ran to me, expecting to find me standing on the street, ready to take me home" she said.
Mr Greenslade dug among the remains, pulling out other people as he searched for his bride-to-be.

He was photographed carrying an injured woman to safety in one of the first images that emerged of rescue efforts after the quake.
The bride, whose strapless gown revealed multiple bruises from the ordeal, was lost for words amid the media scrum.
"There aren't words,'' she said.
Greenslade said there was no thought of cancelling the wedding.
''For me, it was just natural. She survived that [collapse], so it was meant to happen,'' he said.
The quake caused few logistical problems for the wedding, outside the groom having to borrow a suit.
A friend of Howard's, who was also in the wedding party, was also trapped at Pyne Gould and survived.
''He was so lucky, he was dragged out by the fire crew as well. I've got my bride, I've got one of my good friends, we're just very lucky,'' Greenslade said.
The couple leave Sunday for a honeymoon in a secret location.
The priest leading the ceremony, Fr John Adams, said it was a bittersweet day.
''I've just been on the phone this morning, speaking to man who's going up to that same building to show his little toddlers where their mum is buried,'' he said.
''Just a couple of floors up, we're marrying a girl who escaped. It's especially poignant for that reason.''
Adams heard on Tuesday that Howard had been caught up in the building collapse, and the couple confirmed the following day the wedding was on.

''They asked could they still get married, and I said, 'Yes, of course'.
''I was really thrilled. It's the story of thing people hang on to in these times.''
The service would be altered to pay respect to those who had lost their lives, Adams said.
''Without wanting to sound too pious, Pope John Paul II once said, 'the final victory is always with love'.''
When asked how she was feeling as she prepared to wed, she told waiting media she was tired.

"The church is still in perfect condition and we have a marquee out here on dad's front lawn for the reception," she said.
"I'm fortunate that everybody we invited originally will be there."
Her anxious-looking father knelt down to fan out his daughter's train and said: "It's what dads do I guess.

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005 (Post 1606376)

Awesome!! :rock:

New Zealand falls silent in Christchurch quake memorial

An official inquiry as to why some buildings were given the all clear after September's quake is to take place.

New Zealand has held a two-minute silence exactly a week after the devastating Christchurch earthquake.

At 1251 local time (2351 GMT) on Tuesday afternoon, the whole country fell silent to mark the moment the deadly quake struck seven days ago.

Rescuers downed their tools for two minutes before resuming their work.

The death toll currently stands at 154, but officials say it could rise as high as 240 as dozens of people are missing; frequent aftershocks have not helped.

The cost of the 6.3-magnitude quake is expected to reach NZ$20bn ($15bn; £9.3bn).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12600213

Note: Update Record, 1 March 2011 Last updated at 06:32 GMT

Very sad. Hope all the SSs there are well, as are their families.

Given that the magnitude of the quake was close to that of Kobe and Northridge, the buildings there did remarkably well (comparable to CA, not Japan).

I hope things get back to normal as soon as possible.