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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T15:53:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBritish holidaymakers have been given urgent travel advice after an earthquake devastated the Philippines, with a tsunami likely to follow.\n\nEarlier today, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Mindanao, an island in the southern part of the Philippines.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAuthorities have warned that aftershocks are expected, with likely damage to buildings and infrastructure in the surrounding area.\n\nThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has issued a tsunami warning and advised residents and visitors in the affected areas to evacuate to higher ground as soon as possible.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advised against all travel to western and central Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.\n\nThe FCDO has also reminded Britons that their travel insurance will be invalid should they travel against the advice of the office.\n\nThey have also warned against all but essential travel to the remainder of Mindanao.\n\nTravellers are still able to travel to Camiguin Island, Dinagat Island, and Siargao Island.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe advice has been put in place due to terrorist activity and clashes between military and insurgent groups in the south of the Philippines.\n\nThe earthquake hit at 7.37am local time this morning and has left at least 32 people dead.\n\nMore than 100 people have been injured across several provinces, with over 20 people left missing.\n\nThe island is the second-largest island in the Philippines, with a population of around 26 million people.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Two dead after private jet erupts into massive fireball skidding across runway\n  * At least 10 dead after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean as search operation launched\n  * Honda factory 'burned completely' after huge fire rips through facility with 150 employees evacuated\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said in a statement that forces were working together on their disaster response.\n\n\"The national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind,\" he confirmed.\n\nPresident Marcos has also suspended schools in the affected areas of the Philippines, with the quake taking place on the first day of the school year.\n\nOver 130 aftershocks have been recorded since the initial quake, with magnitudes ranging from 1.3 to 6.7.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe earthquake triggered a landslide in Glan, Sarangani province, which killed 13 villagers, and four others died elsewhere in the province.\n\nPhivolcs and the US Geological Survey both measured the quake at magnitude 7.8, making it the strongest to hit the Philippines this year.\n\nThe quake occurred at a depth of 20 miles.\n\n\"It's a major earthquake and we're expecting damages and we've already some damaged buildings based on videos we've seen,\" said Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "British holidaymakers issued urgent travel advice after earthquake devastates Philippines"
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