New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, was reportedly left "trapped" on the 19th floor of a residential building in the Philippines after the country's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade, the Duchess of Sussex's estranged half-sister revealed.

Samantha Markle wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that her 81-year-old father, who moved to the Philippines earlier this year, has been unable to leave his apartment since the 6.9-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday.

"My father is stuck on the 19th floor of a building in the Philippines after a massive earthquake and he can't walk and he is trapped," she wrote, adding that while he is safe for now, "plans are being made" to ensure he won't be caught in such a situation again...