Five people were killed and three others injured when weeks of heavy rain triggered a landslide on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, police said on Tuesday.
The rain-soaked soil of Mount Diwata cascaded down on several homes, burying residents alive late Monday, a police report said.
Rescuers in the area dug up three survivors but five others were dead when they were unearthed, it added.
Deadly landslides are a frequent even in the Philippines where poverty has forced many people to live near denuded hillsides.
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