The death toll from the Philippine earthquake rises to 46 dead and 17 missing
The death toll has risen EarthquakeThis week, 46 people were struck in the Philippines on Wednesday, after rescue personnel in the south of the country recovered a body from under RuinsA shopping store.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred off the coast of Mindanao on Monday led to the collapse of buildings, caused landslides, and raised warnings of the occurrence of Tsunamiin parts of the south of the island.
Rescue efforts focused on two grocery store employees in General Santos City, including Joey Deulofeu (39 years old), despite the constant threat of aftershocks.
Local rescue teams
Michelle Chua, a member of the local rescue teams, told AFP on Wednesday that life detectors had detected "Weak pulse" At an earlier stage in the process, however "When they arrived at the body, there were no signs of life"She added that Deulofio’s body was found stuck between two beams, and the National Disaster Agency announced that the death toll had risen to 46 on Wednesday, while the number of missing people had risen from four to 17 people.
Most of the additional deaths were from Davao Occidental province, and most of them died as a result of landslides or building collapses, according to what civil defense official Rafaelito Alejandro explained in Radio interview.
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