Portion of South Cotabato highway collapses after strong quake

COTABATO CITY – The local government of Tboli in South Cotabato has ordered the total closure of a stretch of the highway where a landslide occurred following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck at 7:37 Monday morning, destroying portions of the concrete road. In an advisory, the Tboli LGU said the highway from Barangay Tbolok towards General Santos City was not passable to all types of vehicles. READ: Magnitude 7.8 quake rocks Mindanao, topples buildings, disrupts classes About 40 to 50 meters of the concrete road pavement have collapsed, rendering the road impassable even for motorcycles, it said./coa... Keep on reading: Portion of South Cotabato highway collapses after strong quake