The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 69 as injured patients overwhelm hospitals on the central island of Cebu.
Injured children cried and adults screamed while being treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu Provincial Hospital, having been wheeled out of the building as a precaution against aftershocks overnight.
They are survivors of the shallow quake of 6.9 magnitude that struck late on Tuesday off Cebu island’s northern end, near Bogo, a city of 90,000 people, according to the US Geological Survey.
Hospital workers were also seen loading black body bags into vans.
Frequent aftershocks meant many survivors stayed outside to avoid further injury
