Earthquake: Japan's difference over Haiti
The contrast with Haiti where infrastructure was so crude and here where it is so sophisticated, is acute. The death toll will reflect it.
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Hannah Thompson, emergency protection adviser for the charity Save the Children, tells Channel 4 News how the youngest victims of the Japanese earthquake are in urgent need of support.
The contrast with Haiti where infrastructure was so crude and here where it is so sophisticated, is acute. The death toll will reflect it.
We can plan to lessen the impact of events like the earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan, but their effect depends on a range of circumstances, explains seismologist Dr Wayne Richardson.
New Zealand has stood silent to remember the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. A British taskforce has arrived in the country to help identify the dead.
An earthquake in Christchurch has killed more than 65 people and injured hundreds more. The New Zealand Red Cross tells Channel 4 News the risk of aftershocks is affecting the rescue.
Dozens of people are killed as a major earthquake hits New Zealand’s second biggest city of Christchurch. For updates and video from #c4news follow the live blog – and add your voice.
Dozens of people have been killed by the Christchurch earthquake. One British rescuer, who is going to New Zealand, tells Channel 4 News he is hopeful of finding survivors.
An earthquake hits northern England for the second time in two weeks – the biggest in the region since 1970.
A small earthquake, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, has struck Cumbria. One hotel owner told Channel 4 News she thought it was a gas explosion. There have been no reports of any damage.
Cynical Chinese are accusing the authorities of massaging figures relating to China’s Qinghai earthquake, blogs Lindsey Hilsum.
The first tremor woke people up at 5.39am, but in this remote Tibetan region where most live at the mercy of the elements, few took much notice. Two hours later a huge earthquake, 7.1 on the Richter scale, ripped through Yushu county. According to the government, 85 per cent of houses were destroyed in the…
At least 400 people have been killed and more than 10,000 injured in series of strong earthquakes which hit western China’s Qinghai province.
Helen Hawkings, who manages Oxfam’s public health promotion team in Haiti, blogs about her work over the past few days.
Cameraman Stuart Webb explains how it felt to cover the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake for Channel 4 News. You may find some of his descriptions upsetting.
Haiti earthquake: devastation on a massive scale awaits, but getting there is still proving difficult, blogs Sarah Smith.