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news Scmp World 2026-06-09

Philippines Earthquake Survivors Pulled from Rubble; Death Toll Rises

Rescue efforts continue in the southern Philippines following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 37 people. Survivors are being pulled from collapsed buildings, but concerns remain for others potentially trapped.


Rescuers searched the rubble on Tuesday of a collapsed building in the southern Philippine city of General Santos, the worst hit by a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 37 people and injured hundreds, to reach two people still believed to be trapped inside. Regional fire officer Edgar Tanawan, who was leading the operation, said two people had been pulled out β€Œalive from the commercial building, housing a grocery store and other businesses, but a third was found dead. Scanners had so.....

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