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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes and agencies

Philippines earthquake death toll rises to at least 69 as Cebu hospitals struggle

Rescuers in the Philippines combed through rubble and mud after the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade killed at least 69 people, with patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.

Outside the Cebu provincial hospital, injured children cried and adults screamed on Wednesday as they were treated on beds beneath blue tents. They had been wheeled outside as a precaution against waves of aftershocks.

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