Philippines earthquake death toll rises to at least 69 as Cebu hospitals struggle
More than 700 aftershocks recorded – mostly minor – while rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of Bogo
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 69, with the number of patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.
Injured children cried and adults screamed as they were treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu provincial hospital. They had been wheeled outside as a precaution against waves of aftershocks overnight.
