Philippines earthquake death toll rises to 72
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An offshore 6.9 magnitude earthquake collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 69 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power,
The Philippines is reeling from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed 72 and an eruption. Now, Tropical Storm Paolo is set to hit. Get the latest on the triple disaster.
Emergency workers recovered the body of a child and his mother out of collapsed buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the central Philippines on Sept. 30, leaving at least 69 dead and 147 more injured.
Earlier this year, Thomas Markle, who had a falling out with his American duchess daughter, moved to the province in the Philippines struck by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake Tuesday night.