Philippines: Large Mindanao quake displaced roughly 20,000
Key takeaways
- Rescuers are still searching ruined buildings in the Philippines for anyone possibly trapped inside after Monday's quake.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. deployed top defense-mitigation officials from Manila to help oversee search and rescue operations.
- Authorities on Tuesday increased the confirmed death toll to 37, saying that nearly 500 people were injured.
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Rescuers are still searching ruined buildings in the Philippines for anyone possibly trapped inside after Monday's quake. The tremor claimed at least 37 lives and forced roughly 20,000 people to leave their homes.
https://p.dw.com/p/5F3WNAround 2,500 buildings were damaged or destroyes, authorities say, including the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santos city Image: Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/picture alliance Advertisement Rescuers continued their search of damaged and collapsed buildings in General Santos city and the surrounding area on Tuesday, a day after the strongest earthquake to hit the Philippines this year killed 37 people and displaced around 20,000.
The Office of Civil Defense said only four people were still considered missing on official records in the southern provinces of Mindanao, but it said that several collapsed and heavily damaged buildings still required thorough searches for possible survivors or casualties.