Philippine officials announced today, Wednesday, that the number of the injured as a result of the violent earthquake that struck the north of the country has risen to at least 36.
Officials said - quoting the American channel "ABC" - that the earthquake caused the closure of the international airport in the city of "Laoag" in the "Ilocos Norte" province due to the damage it sustained after the earthquake, and that at least two domestic flights were canceled, in addition to evacuating patients from The largest hospital in Batac province, after part of the roof of the intensive care unit collapsed.
The officials added that more than 400 seismic aftershocks were observed in the area after the earthquake, but the citizens felt a small number of them.
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