MANILA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A landslide caused by rains from a tropical depression buried alive three people in the Philippines' Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, government officials said on Saturday.
Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal said a three-year-old boy, a 20-year-old girl and a 26-year-old man were killed when their house in San Francisco village was hit by a landslide on Saturday morning.
The three reportedly lived in a house with 10 others when the landslide occurred. The other 10 people survived, Rosal said.
Rosal attributed the landslide to heavy downpours since Friday.
Many parts of Albay province are flooded, Janet Ramos, a resident of Daraga town in Albay told Xinhua.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geographical and Astronomical Services Administration earlier warned that heavy rains brought by tropical depression may pour over the northern and central Philippines.
The tropical depression has weakened into a low-pressure area after making landfall in Eastern Samar in the central Philippines on Saturday.
