President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines on Thursday visited the site of a deadly earthquake that killed dozens of people this week, promising urgent help while acknowledging the difficulties getting food, water and electricity to those displaced.
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake, which shook the central Philippines late on Tuesday, killed at least 72 people and injured nearly 300 others, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Thursday.
Nearly half of the fatalities were recorded in Bogo City, at the northern tip of Cebu Province, where Mr. Marcos traveled on Thursday with other officials. More than 170,000 people were displaced by the temblor, which damaged at least 87 buildings, roads and bridges and nearly 600 homes.
Officials were optimistic that most of the missing had been accounted for, even as rescue teams continued to search damaged areas, Junie Castillo, a spokesman for the office of civil defense, said on Thursday.
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