INQUIRER.net: Toll in Bohol quake up to 175, damage to infrastructure over P500M–NDRRMC

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Toll in Bohol quake up to 175, damage to infrastructure over P500M–NDRRMC Oct 19th 2013, 03:47 MANILA, Philippines—Deaths from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit parts of Central Visayas and Mindanao rose to 175, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday. The NDRRMC announced in its latest bulletin that as of 6 a.m.,162 bodies have been recovered in Bohol, 12 for Cebu and one in Siquijor. Casualties of the destructive earthquake, which hit Bohol the hardest, stood at 487—with 393 from Bohol, 89 in Cebu, 3 in Siquijor, and one each from Iloilo and Negros Oriental. A total of 17 people are missing from Bohol alone, the NDRRMC said. It added that the tremor, which recorded 1,846 aftershocks since Friday, has affected and dis... Keep on reading: Toll in Bohol quake up to 175, damage to infrastructure over P500M–NDRRMC Media files: Philippines-Earthquak_Inte3-600x436.jpg (image/jpeg)

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