Rescuers were forced to scramble from a partially collapsed grocery store in a southern Philippine city on Wednesday as a powerful aftershock rattled the region reeling from a devastating earthquake that killed at least 45 people and left 17 people missing.
In a frantic scene, a safety officer's whistle and screams warned nearly 30 firefighters and coast guard personnel to dash to safety as concrete debris crashed down from the leaning three-storey building in General Santos city.