<p>Manila: Seven people, including five children, were killed after a landslide buried a house following days of heavy rains in southern Davao de Oro province, Philippines, a disaster official said on Thursday. </p><p>Two people were injured and approximately 10 were missing, Ednar Dayanghirang, director of the regional civil defence agency, told <em>DZRH radio</em>.</p><p>Authorities suspended search and rescue operations due to continuing rains in a residential area for small-scale miners, he said.</p><p>Heavy rains and floods have affected more than 187,000 people in four provinces in the Davao region, data from the national disaster agency show.</p><p>Landslides and floods are frequent in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that is hit by about 20 tropical storms annually.</p>
<p>Manila: Seven people, including five children, were killed after a landslide buried a house following days of heavy rains in southern Davao de Oro province, Philippines, a disaster official said on Thursday. </p><p>Two people were injured and approximately 10 were missing, Ednar Dayanghirang, director of the regional civil defence agency, told <em>DZRH radio</em>.</p><p>Authorities suspended search and rescue operations due to continuing rains in a residential area for small-scale miners, he said.</p><p>Heavy rains and floods have affected more than 187,000 people in four provinces in the Davao region, data from the national disaster agency show.</p><p>Landslides and floods are frequent in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that is hit by about 20 tropical storms annually.</p>