6:30am here. The fatalities figure has been revised downwards, the 65 reported by the government is currently inaccurate, and 32 is now quoted by the Civil Defence. This includes a 9month-old baby who was crushed under a falling television set.
Work has continued throughout the night. It is raining. All services are disrupted, but cellphone coverage seems to be working again, trapped people are reporting in. Portaloos being rushed to the area, water tankers, generators, food. The airport is up-and-running, emergency traffic only at the moment.
Help coming from specialist teams around the Pacific. Japan was among the first to offer, and there are more than 20 Japanese citizens trapped, language students.
Must contact John Jones, 'Professor Fiddlesticks' as my son knows him.