Philippines starts earthquake cleanup
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The Philippines started to clear roads blocked by debris yesterday as it calculated the cost of this week’s powerful earthquake, with the death toll rising to at least 158.
Tens of thousands of residents of Bohol island, which took the brunt of Tuesday’s 7.2 magnitude quake, remained living outdoors, for fear of aftershocks bringing down damaged homes.
Authorities have recorded more than 1,200 aftershocks including one of magnitude 5.5.
Nearly 17,000 people have yet to return home in the town of Loboc, where the island’s second oldest church, the Church of St Peter, was pulverized in the quake.
“All of them left their houses because of the strong aftershocks,” said Mayor Helen Alaba, who said she had sent out teams of engineers to check if homes were safe.
The national disaster agency said at least 146 of the dead were on Bohol, 630 kilometers south of Manila. There were 11 deaths on the nearby Cebu islands and another on Siguijor island.
The number of injured reached 374, with at least 22 people missing.
Damage to infrastructure, mostly roads and bridges, was estimated at about 179.15 million pesos (US$4.2 million), a public works official said.
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