Many still in General Santos makeshift shelters a week after quake

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Over 400 residents of General Santos City in the Philippines remain in makeshift shelters more than a week after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mindanao on June 8, due to fears of aftershocks and landslide damage. They are enduring harsh living conditions, including intense heat and humidity, at an evacuation center built on a community drying area.

Over 400 residents of Sitio Datal Salvan in Barangay San Jose, General Santos City alone remain in makeshift shelters more than a week after the June 8 magnitude 7.8 Mindanao earthquake, unable to return to their homes due to fears of continuing aftershocks and damage caused by landslides.

Residents are forced to endure intense heat and humid living conditions as the evacuation center is built on a community drier — an open-spaced, cencrete area designed for drying crops like corn.

Rappler’s John Sitchon reports live at the Datal Salvan evacuation center. — Rappler.com ]]>

Many still in General Santos makeshift shelters a week after quake

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