{"id":280667,"date":"2011-02-24T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/24\/death-toll-rises-in-new-zealand-quake\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:12:55","slug":"death-toll-rises-in-new-zealand-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/death-toll-rises-in-new-zealand-quake\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises in New Zealand quake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"83.1085437937\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"81.6967741935\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>NEW: Police have &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for the missing<\/li>\n<li>Rescuers continue house-to-house searches<\/li>\n<li>Authorities said more than 200 people are missing<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>See breaking news? Share your photos and video with <a href=\"http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=559797\">CNN iReport<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Christchurch, New Zealand (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; The death toll from the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch earlier this week rose Thursday, with at least 98 confirmed deaths and 226 reported missing, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police Superintendent Dave Cliff told reporters that he had &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for the missing and authorities were having difficulty identifying victims because of the condition the bodies they were found.<\/p>\n<p>The somber announcement came as authorities continued more house-to-house searches in a desperate hunt for survivors.<\/p>\n<p>The quake struck Tuesday, toppling buildings, buckling streets and ripping the facades of iconic churches, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.cnn.com\/topics\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a> Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament..<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>A series of aftershocks followed.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they had given up hope of rescuing at least 100 people who were trapped in the Canterbury TV building in downtown Christchurch. Police said they were &#8220;100% certain&#8221; no one in the building was still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities fear that trapped occupants in another building, the Pyne Gould Corporation Building, are also dead. <\/p>\n<p>Of those missing were 27 Japanese students, Japan&#8217;s foreign ministry said. Most of them were students at language schools, and five were on personal study trips.<\/p>\n<p>Kento Okuda, a Japanese student who was pulled from the rubble of the Toyoma Foreign Language College, told Japan&#8217;s Asahi Shimbun newspaper that he was having lunch on the fourth floor cafeteria when the floor gave way.<\/p>\n<p>As he and others lay trapped under debris, the students shouted out to each other to get a count of how many of them were alive, Okuda told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Many of their fellow Japanese students did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>But there have some rare rays of hope in the rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<p>One was Anne Vos who was rescued Wednesday from the rubble of the Pyne Gould building in the central business district, according to Australian and New Zealand media.<\/p>\n<p>Vos was able to call family members from her cell phone while she was covered by rubble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A couple of hours ago, I thought I&#8217;d had it,&#8221; she told <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.cnn.com\/topics\/New_Zealand\">New Zealand<\/a> network TV3 Tuesday. &#8220;I thought it was &#8216;Goodbye Anne.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Like some 430 people who have been admitted to emergency rooms since the quake, Vos was taken to a hospital to recuperate.<\/p>\n<p>Southern New Zealand has been hit by a series of quakes since September 4 when a 7.1-magnitude temblor struck the area. There were no deaths from that quake, which struck deeper below ground and farther away from Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s earthquake was part of the &#8220;aftershock sequence&#8221; from the September earthquake, the United States Geological Survey said.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Anna Coren contributed to this report<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.52877397832\">\n<div readability=\"3.92\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.33333333333\">\n<div readability=\"6.85714285714\">\n<p>Check out CNN&#8217;s high resolution image gallery of scenes from Tuesday&#8217;s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.53435114504\">\n<div readability=\"5.29007633588\">\n<p>Christchurch resident Rhys Taylor explains how people affected by the quake are aiding each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.60465116279\">\n<div readability=\"5.37209302326\">\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Anna Coren says quake rescue efforts in New Zealand are turning into body recovery missions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.04605263158\">\n<div readability=\"6.21052631579\">\n<p>Many of Christchurch&#8217;s buildings were badly damaged in the deadly earthquake in New Zealand on Tuesday. TVNZ reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.11006289308\">\n<div readability=\"6.2893081761\">\n<p>Scientists in New Zealand said there had been less than a one in twenty chance of Tuesday&#8217;s earthquake being so destructive. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.67424242424\">\n<div readability=\"7.29545454545\">\n<p>In New Zealand? Then send your iReport photos, videos. 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