Feitelijk nieuws over de aardbeving

De onderstaande nieuwsberichten komen van http://www.stuff.co.nz/
Het geeft een overzicht van de situatie tot nu toe. Nog geen tijd gehad om het te vertalen maar een groot deel van dit nieuws spreekt denk ik wel voor zich.

* The earthquake was 6.3 magnitude, centred at Lyttelton 10km south of the Christchurch city centre, at a depth of 5km. It struck at 12.51pm on Tuesday

* 75 people are dead
* 300 people are thought to be missing
* Ann Bodkin was the last person rescued, from the Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building, at 2.25pm Wednesday
* 20 people are feared trapped inside Christ Church Cathedral
* 29 people have been rescued from the Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building so far, with at least another 20 thought to be still inside
* Rescuers are concentrating on 10 sites in the city where they believe people are trapped, including the Holy Cross Chapel in Chancery Lane, CTV building on Madras St and PGC building in Cambridge Tce
* 200 international rescue personnel are on the ground from Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan searching for survivors
* 80 per cent of the city is without water supply
* 40 per cent of the city has no power supply
* 220 people treated with major trauma injuries at Christchurch Hospital on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning
* 20 people are in intensive care as of Wednesday night
* 431 patients have been treated at triage centres
* 16 patients at triage centres had suffered serious injuries.
* 1500-2000 people have been treated for minor injuries at medical centres around the city.
* Fonterra has supplied 34 tankers with 20,000 litre capacities to distribute water at sites across Christchurch
* Air New Zealand has offered 1600 extra seats on flights in and out of Christchurch
* More than 1400 offers of accommodation for quake-stricken Cantabrians have been offered on www.quakeescape.org.nz
* All schools are closed until the end of the week
* Six triage centres, including Latimer Square; Sanitarium Factory, Papanui; Spotlight Mall, Beckenham; Bealey Ave 24-hour medical centre; Princess Margaret Hospital; Christchurch Hospital (urgent only)