And 102 bodies are recovered, while 228 people remain missing, as reported on Thursday John Carter, New Zealand Minister of Civil Defence. Work is continuing search and rescue of people who have been buried under rubble, 72 hours after the earthquake of 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. "The information we are receiving from the police indicate that the death toll could be higher than any of us ever imagined," he lamented pimer minister, John Key, in an interview with local television.
Among the dead there are also babies. The uncertainty continues because it is still unknown exactly how many people were on Tuesday at 12.51 hours in the city when the earthquake occurred. The police spoke of 200 dead. In the list of 228 names are missing, but some may have left the city to panic without warning.
"We work with dogs, microphones and cameras to look for signs of life", reveals the police chief. Air traffic has been limited so that rescue teams are not disturbed when working with sound measuring devices of high sensitivity, as reported by 'The Press'. On three occasions seemed to have hope when rescuers believed hear shots, but ultimately proved false.
Special Teams U.S., UK, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan have arrived on Thursday to Christchurch to join the more than 1,000 New Zealand soldiers in the rescue. In the Canterbury television building is believed that there are 120 victims and as the police chief, Dave Cliff, there is no possibility that anyone survives there.
The building was also a language school, which was attended by dozens of students from around the world. Among the missing are Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Filipinos. According to the school, more than 80 school are missing. "Not only is a tragedy New Zealand, but internationally," he assured the Foreign Ministry, Murray McCully.
The building housed a television station with 15 employees disappeared. Amid the rubble of the tower of the cathedral is believed that up to 22 people. The cathedral was one of the main attractions of Christchurch. Next there are hundreds of small shops and houses destroyed in the rescue teams to search endlessly.
In the streets there are still many cars wrecked. Rescue efforts were again interrupted by numerous aftershocks, many buildings collapsed, the situation is even dangerous for rescuers, according to Minister of Police, Judith Collins. To date, 164 people seriously injured admitted to hospitals.
431 wounded were treated in emergency and more than 2,000 suffered minor wounds, cuts and bruises. 80 percent of the city of 390,000 people still without running water, while much of the electricity and gas supply is also interrupted. 
Among the dead there are also babies. The uncertainty continues because it is still unknown exactly how many people were on Tuesday at 12.51 hours in the city when the earthquake occurred. The police spoke of 200 dead. In the list of 228 names are missing, but some may have left the city to panic without warning.
"We work with dogs, microphones and cameras to look for signs of life", reveals the police chief. Air traffic has been limited so that rescue teams are not disturbed when working with sound measuring devices of high sensitivity, as reported by 'The Press'. On three occasions seemed to have hope when rescuers believed hear shots, but ultimately proved false.
Special Teams U.S., UK, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan have arrived on Thursday to Christchurch to join the more than 1,000 New Zealand soldiers in the rescue. In the Canterbury television building is believed that there are 120 victims and as the police chief, Dave Cliff, there is no possibility that anyone survives there.
The building was also a language school, which was attended by dozens of students from around the world. Among the missing are Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Filipinos. According to the school, more than 80 school are missing. "Not only is a tragedy New Zealand, but internationally," he assured the Foreign Ministry, Murray McCully.
The building housed a television station with 15 employees disappeared. Amid the rubble of the tower of the cathedral is believed that up to 22 people. The cathedral was one of the main attractions of Christchurch. Next there are hundreds of small shops and houses destroyed in the rescue teams to search endlessly.
In the streets there are still many cars wrecked. Rescue efforts were again interrupted by numerous aftershocks, many buildings collapsed, the situation is even dangerous for rescuers, according to Minister of Police, Judith Collins. To date, 164 people seriously injured admitted to hospitals.
431 wounded were treated in emergency and more than 2,000 suffered minor wounds, cuts and bruises. 80 percent of the city of 390,000 people still without running water, while much of the electricity and gas supply is also interrupted.
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