00:01At least 65 people have been killed after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Cebu Province in Central Philippines on Tuesday, September 30.
00:09The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reports the figure as of 3.40 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1.
00:16The agency also says at least 293 individuals have been injured as of 3.54 p.m.
00:22The province is now under a state of calamity as the national and local governments mobilize agencies to search for survivors and restore power and water supply.
00:32Near the epicenter of the quake was Bogos City, where structures were severely damaged and buildings collapsed.
00:38Civil Defense official Rafi Alejandro says the hospital in Bogos has been overwhelmed as victims continue to pour in.
00:45Meantime, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, or NGCP, places the entire Visayas grid under yellow alert.
00:51This after 11 more power plants were forced offline in the wake of the earthquake.
00:56The grid operator says in a statement, the affected plants' protection systems recorded abnormalities following the quake, prompting the forced shutdowns.
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