{"id":282084,"date":"2011-02-25T14:07:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/new-zealand-quake-death-toll-tops-100\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:07:47","slug":"new-zealand-quake-death-toll-tops-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/new-zealand-quake-death-toll-tops-100\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand quake death toll tops 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"71.5963917526\">  <!-- 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=\"58.719665272\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>New Zealand missing feared dead<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Police say they have &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for the missing<\/li>\n<li>Searches continue in Christchurch<\/li>\n<li>Authorities say more than 200 people are missing<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Christchurch, New Zealand (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Searches continued Friday for the hundreds who are still missing after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that demolished parts of Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p>But for some family members of the missing, hope was fading.<\/p>\n<p>Police in the battered New Zealand town said Friday that there were 113 dead and more than 200 people still missing. Many of the missing were feared dead.<\/p>\n<p>Included in that were all the people who were in the Canterbury TV building that toppled in the Tuesday earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they have &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for all who were in the building including 90 students and staff from the King&#8217;s Education language school &#8212; headquartered on the third floor.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>Donna Tai Rakena&#8217;s husband Tetaki was an English teacher and was working there when the quake struck.<\/p>\n<p>After the shaking ceased, she said she called his cell phone and got no answer.<\/p>\n<p>She jumped on her bike and pedaled down to the fallen building to see if she could find her husband in the mess of mangled steel and rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Police broke the news to her: Her soul mate of 30 years, the man she affectionately called Wally, was believed to be dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said they&#8217;d gone into recovery mode and there was no hope of anyone coming out alive,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She now clings to hope that crews will at least find her husband&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue and recovery crews have been combing through damaged buildings since the quake struck three days ago &#8212; toppling buildings, buckling streets and ripping the facades of iconic churches, including the Christchurch Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n<p>A series of aftershocks followed. <\/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 U.S. 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=\"4.52622814321\">\n<div readability=\"3.92\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.22549019608\">\n<div readability=\"6.43137254902\">\n<p>Freelance CTV presenter and Newstalk ZB radio host Mike Yardley gives a first-hand account of the Christchurch earthquake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.83333333333\">\n<div readability=\"7.77777777778\">\n<p>&#8220;I was finding it hard to breathe, and I really thought that was it for me,&#8221; said earthquake survivor Anne Vos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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=\"5.67424242424\">\n<div readability=\"7.29545454545\">\n<p>In New Zealand? Then send your iReport photos, videos. Don&#8217;t do anything that could put your life at risk.<\/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. 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