Question by K2010: How many people are still missing in Christchurch, New Zealand?
How many bodies were identified. I heard the burials had begun. And the weather worsened?
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Answer by kiwiJOEY
Last I heard the death toll was 154 and there are about 50 people missing. The final death toll is expected to be around 240.
Identifying the bodies is a slow process because of the nasty damage to some of the bodies, they're relying on DNA methods for many of them as unfortunately they were disfigured to a point where visual identification is useless.
Yes, the burials had begun to those who could be identified quickly. And the wind picked up.
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