Quake victims in NegOr need water, food & meds

CEBU CITY, Philippines (9 February 2012) – Quake-hit victims in Negros Oriental particularly La Libertad, Ayongon, Tayasan and Guihulngan City are in urgent need of potable water, medicines, shovels and food.

This video is dedicated to all the people of Guihulngan and nearby places who were badly affected by the recent mag.6.9 earthquake last February 6, 2012. Especial thanks to those who uploaded the pictures and audio used in this video. Thank you very much. You have helped the cause for the victims of the earthquake in Negros Oriental.

Thus, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 7 asked the public for donations of these basic necessities. These may be coursed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7.

Oxygen tanks are also needed for rescued victims.

Residents carry their belongings across a damaged road in Tuway.

(Getty Images / TED ALJIBE)

Central Visayas and other areas in the Visayas were hit by a strong quake at 11:49 a.m. February 6 with significant impact in the northern part of NegOr, which is located near the epicenter of the earthquake.

Members of the RDRRMC 7 are in NegOr to assess the situation in the affected areas and see the extent of the damages to infrastructure and other sectors.

Resident carry what was left of their belongings after their house collapsed in Negros Oriental.

(Reuters / STRINGER/PHILIPPINES)

A report received by the RDRRMC 7 from the Federation of Volunteers Through Radio Communication, Inc. (FVRC) stated that an estimated 80 to 100 families in Sitio Bloke, Barangay Sulonggon in La Libertad town, Negros Oriental are buried in landslide.

Rescuers frantically dig after hearing voices asking for help in a collapsed mountain slope in Solonggon.

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Teams of the FVRC in NegOr and Cebu are extending assistance in the ongoing search and rescue efforts, this is learned.

Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has dispatched four huey helicopters yesterday to help in the conduct of the continuing search and relief operations.

Rescuers carry a body retrieved from a landslide in La Libertad.

(Reuters / ERIK DE CASTRO)

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will also tap the services of the Philippine Air Force’s C-130 and the Philippine Navy vessel to bring relief and rescue operation equipment to areas heavily damaged by the earthquake. (MBCN/fcr/PIA-Cebu)