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Rescuers are using backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people.
Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines after an earthquake killed at least 72 people and injured more than 200 others.
The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured
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Is it safe to travel to the Philippines? Foreign Office issues new advice after major earthquake
Generally, the foreign office advises against all travel to parts of the Philippines, including Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. The FCDO encourages prospective travellers to Cebu and nearby provinces to contact their travel providers and check their travel insurance covers natural disasters.
Rescuers check the rubble for survivors and bring out victims in body bags following a magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Bogo in Cebu province, Philippines. The quake Tuesday collapsed houses and buildings,
Cebu: A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Philippines on Tuesday evening, damaging buildings, roads, and causing widespread power outages in parts of the region, as emergency responders launched search and rescue operations.