City quake death toll climbs to 98
Hopes faded of finding more survivors today in the collapsed towers of New Zealand’s quake-shattered Christchurch, as officials said the death toll rose to 98 with grave fears for more than 200 missing.
Police said up to 120 bodies may still lie trapped in the tangled concrete and steel that was the Canterbury Television or CTV building, where dozens of students from Japan, Thailand, China and other Asian countries were believed buried when an English-language school collapsed along with other offices.
