Christchurch city has sustained substantial structural and infrastructural damage with ongoing aftershocks not helping (150 since Saturday including a very large one this morning).
The city has curfews and many businesses are closed. Currently the city is still deemed in emergency.
Luckily and miraculously, there has been no deaths. If the time of day when it occured hadn’t been 4:30am, chances are that this would not be the case.
I am due to fly down there in two weeks from Wellington and am considering not going as the aftershocks are still continuing. They are predicting another large one.
www.stuff.co.nz
The rest of NZ has not been affected. Our government is shelling out truckloads of cash to assist rebuilding Christchurch though.
My parents and family are ok so that is a relief.
Curious, how much cover is this event receiving overseas??