Philippine school evacuates as 7.8 quake triggers roof collapse; 32 dead nationwide

At least 32 deaths reported across the Philippines from the earthquake; schoolchildren evacuated safely from a collapsing roof structure in Digos.

Off the coast of Mindanao, the earth shifted with a force of 7.8, and in the moments that followed, the Philippines began counting its losses. At least 32 lives were taken across the archipelago, while in the city of Digos, schoolchildren fled a collapsing roof and emerged unharmed — a small grace within a larger grief. The disaster reminds us, as it always does, that the ground beneath human life is never entirely still, and that survival is often a matter of seconds and the calm of those who guide the young to safety. The work of understanding the full cost continues, as aftershocks — more t

Philippine school evacuates as 7.8 quake triggers roof collapse; 32 dead nationwide

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