In the central Philippines, efforts to rescue victims from Monday’s 6.7-magnitude earthquake in western provinces are being hampered by impassable roads and bridges.
Philippines Earthquake
Soldiers on motorcycles past road destroyed by earthquake in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. (Reuters)
Rescuers carry a body retrieved from a landslide caused by an earthquake in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. (Reuters)
A husband and wife cry after the body of their daughter is recovered in a landslide caused by an earthquake in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. (Reuters)
A woman carries her baby while waiting to be evacuated after surviving an earthquake with other villagers in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. (Reuters)
Villagers carry coffin of a relative who was killed by a huge boulder during an earthquake in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. (Reuters)