More than 400 residents of Sitio Datal Salvan in General Santos City (a regional hub in Mindanao, the southernmost major island of the Philippines) have been displaced since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on June 8, with landslides burying farmland and destroying harvests of cassava, taro, and copra. Evacuees — mostly farmers, elderly residents, and young families — are sheltering in an open-air crop-drying facility, enduring intense heat and deteriorating health, with blood pressure readings among evacuees averaging near-hypertensive levels. The city government, alongside national agencies, is distributing food packs and hygiene kits, and 1,300 households with totally damaged homes are set to receive 30,000 Philippine pesos each in cash aid from the National Housing Authority.