Our thoughts go out to Christchurch, New Zealand, which endured a 7.1 earthquake on September 4, 2010, perhaps the worst to hit New Zealand in 80 years, and which is now threatened with gale force winds. Photographs from locals are making their way onto Flickr; try a search here.
Photos by walgert, nevrar, bkiwik, hystricomorph, Diarmuid Toman, threechairs, Geoff Trotter, Oblivian_nz, Tim*A, Joseph.M. and Hib1.