Months to identify New Zealand quake victims

New Zealand police warned Sunday it could take months to identify all the victims of the devastating Christchurch earthquake as the death toll continued to rise.

There are now 166 confirmed dead and the toll could reach more than 200 police said, as tentative first steps were taken to reopen the severely damaged central business district while strong aftershocks continued to rock the city.

The estimated death toll was revised down a day after searchers reported there were no bodies in the city's centrepiece cathedral where it was believed up to 22 people were crushed in the 6.3 magnitude quake.

via abs-cbnnews.com