RIYADH: King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent separate cables of condolences to the president of the Philippines after a powerful earthquake killed at least 45 people.
Monday’s quake was one of the most powerful to hit the Philippines in a half century. It injured at least 630 people and damaged more than 3,100 houses, 29 roads, 11 bridges and more than 100 government buildings.
More than 25,000 people remain displaced, many of them staying in 45 government-run emergency shelters and still too traumatized to return home, officials have said.
In a cable to President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., King Salman extended his condolences to the president, the families of the deceased, and the people of the Philippines.
“We pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and that you may be spared any further harm,” the cable said.
The crown prince sent a similar cable.
