earthquake

Communities all across Japan are facing rolling blackouts and food shortages in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japanese resources.

The rationing will affect millions of people along the north east coast of Honshu, spreading further south than Tokyo.

The government decided to conserve energy following the damage inflicted upon several of the country's nuclear reactors.

A huge earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude has killed at least 65 people in  Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fire and rescue crews said their resources were overwhelmed as they struggled to cope with large numbers of people injured and trapped in the rubble.

Helicopters were used to douse some fires and a crane was called in to rescue workers from the roof of a high-rise office tower.

A three-month-old survivor of the Haiti earthquake is awaiting life-saving treatment in a London children's hospital.

Ladina Seignon was a patient in a Haitian hospital even before the devastating earthquake hit the country.

The baby girl, whose mother is thought to have died in the disaster, was due to have a bone removed in her skull following a previous incident which left her with severe burns to the head.