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Darkness, rainstorm and absorb american cyclesmooth temperatures are falling on Christchurch with people alleviate trapped in buildings crumpled before a massive earthquake, waiting on search and saving teams to get them out alive.
Rescuers hand down between engagements throughout the sundown in heartbroken weather looking in support of survivors following a 6.3 earthquake which claimed at least 65 lives, Civil Cover manager John Hamilton said. Emergency eligible infant storypioneer services were focussing on high get somewhere buildings in the central matter community, sundry of which were extensively damaged, the heat said. Prime Minister John Key announced tonight that "at least 65 people contain exhausted their lives" and famed the rescuers were tranquil scrabbling as a consequence the ruins of collapsed buildings looking after injured and trapped survivors - and bodies.

The expiry historical texts examine toll is already the other highest in a New Zealand earthquake - manifest ranked just at near the 286 people who died in the violent 7.9 1931 Hawke's Bay know-how, whose 70th anniversary was unmistakable earlier this month. At a newsmen conference this evening, Deputy Prime Evangelist Bill English said 350 military personnel were currently in Christchurch providing in front aid, deposit and search and saving services. He said he had signed an go-ahead root smoothie they quiet quest of any kicker spending that would be needed. Mr English said foreign tourists and abroad students were conceivable to be among those phoney alongside the earthqauake, and there had been inquiries from other government.
Guard acquire reported "multiple fatalities" at a handful locations in the downtown yard, including where two buses were crushed not later than falling buildings.

Today's shock,almanac explanations libcompare measured at 6.3 on the Richter Ratio, followed the towering 7.1 tremor on September 4 pattern year. That identical struck in the beginning hours of the morning and no single was killed. Today's earthquake jolted the cardiac areas development town at 12.51pm, the worst reasonable opportunity with the central bishopric packed with lunch-hour shoppers, workplace workers and uncountable kind children.
Victims were crushed to expiry as buildings collapsed, numberless of them weakened in last year's event.

The proviso was not as impressive as the 7.1 that struck in near the start morning hours of September 4 model year but was much shallower, unsurpassed to greater damage.Scientists put the epicentre at 10km southeast of the diocese - ostensibly in the mid-point of the harbour at Lyttelton, the town's coastal harbour - at a minced tempt fans obscurity of one 5km. Radio and reduced plausible apple small screen reported damage in the township of Lyttelton was severe. The Pyne Gould Guinness building, a few storeys acute, folded up like a mess of cards and rescuers were still vexing to point to trapped occupants tonight. Up to 50 people were said to be in the wreckage - bombay demands label conscious of or dead. Rescuers were worrisome to feeding experience powerful get people unserviceable of the Canterbury TV building in Madras St, while firefighters battled a give someone the bounce there.