EScores Killed in New Zealand Earthquake # 90The New York Times2/22/11eraiah !ole"Vocabulary to Know Before You Readrubble influxiconic rappelsteel (v.) epicenteragony dislodgemakesift delegationtriage silt!Y"#$Y% &ustralia ' Rescue workers spent a cold% rainy nigt searcing troug rubble for survivors of a powerful eart(uake tat struck #ew )ealand*s second+largestcity% ,ristcurc% on -uesday% killing at least ./ people.0otograps and video from ,ristcurc% a graceful 12t+century city of nearly 344%444 residents% sowed people running troug te streets% landslides pouring rocksand debris into suburban streets and extensive damage to buildings. 5itnesses told of watcing te spire of te iconic ,ristcurc ,atedral come crasing down during an aftersock. 6ne witness called it 7te most frigtening ting of my entire life%8 and television video sowed a person clinging to a window in te catedral*s steeple.6fficials warned tat te deat toll was likely to rise as scores of people were still missing and feared trapped in te wreckage of several buildings tat were flattened by te ..9 magnitude eart(uake or te aftersocks still rocking te city.7: tink we need to prepare ourselves in tis city for a deat toll tat could be significant%8 ;ayor Bob 0arker told reporters sortly after declaring a state of emergency and ordering te evacuation of te city center. 7:t*s not going to be good news% and we need to steel ourselves to understand tat.8on Key said te extent of te devastation was unknown% but tat #ew )ealand ad witnessed 7its darkest day%8 and one of its worst natural disasters.7:t*s an absolute tragedy for tis city% for #ew )ealand% for te people tat we care so muc about%8 e told -V#)% te national television broadcaster. 70eople are ?ust sitting on te side of te road% teir eads in teir ands. -is is a community tat is absolutelyin agony.8& number of makeshift triage centers and emergency clinics were set up across te city to andle te influx of in?ured people. 6fficials said te city*s largest medical facility% ,ristcurc apanese excange students were trapped in teir language scool% wic was located inside te devastated ,-V building in downtown ,ristcurc.-e eart(uake it te country*s !out :sland ?ust before 1 p.m. local time% and te Enited !tates Beological !urvey said it was part of an aftersock se(uence from a magnitude C.1 eart(uake tat rocked te same area in !eptember% but caused no casualties.7-ere is more substantial damage to buildings tan tere was during te original eart(uake%8 te civil defense minister% >on ,arter% told reporters in te capital% 5ellington. -uesday*s tremor was centered about six miles from downtown ,ristcurc% and was only about tree miles underground% possibly making it more destructive.-oug it was sorter in duration and lower in magnitude% many residents said te eart(uake felt more violent tan !eptember*s.!everal news outlets reported extensive devastation to te nearby seaside town of Fyttelton% nearest te epicenter of te (uake.&ccording to -e &ssociated 0ress% te eart(uake dislodged 94 million tons of ice from te -asman Blacier in te !outern &lps tat slid into a lake% creating waves up to 11 feet ig.-e &.0. also reported tat an &merican delegation of 39 government% business and community leaders in te city for a Enited !tates #ew )ealand 0artnersip =orum meeting were tougt to be safe. :t said tat nine congressmen wo attended te meeting ad left te city before te disaster.7-e eart(uake itself was (uite violent% a lot of movement%8 said >ason -weedie% a 34+year+old ,ristcurc resident wo was sitting in is four+weel drive veicle wen te eart(uake struck. 7:t felt like tere were about 14 people saking te side of it% all at once% it was so muc force.8-e force of te eart(uake pused tousands of gallons of water and silt into te streets% ;r. -weedie said% and in some places te road appeared to open up and swallow several cars in is beacside neigborood of #ew Brigton.>ulian !anderson was in is apartment on te first floor of an old brick movie teater wen te walls and ceiling began to crumble around im.75en it all stopped% : ad to kick out te front door to get out%8 ;r. !anderson% 31% saidby telepone% standing in front of is nearly collapsed building. 7: used to work in tat building making furniture% but everyting as ?ust canged. 5at we ave now is te clotes tat we*re wearing.8Kevin Drew contributed reporting from Hong Kong.GuestionsH1. "escribe te damage tat was caused by tis eart(uake. Ese details from te article to support your answer.D. 5at warning as te mayor issued to residents of te cityI 5y as e issued suc a warningI Ese details from te article to support your answer.9. 5at were some of te after effects of te eart(uakeI