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Landslide buries more than 20 homes in Cebu, Philippines
(CNN)Rescuers at the site of a landslide on the resort island of Cebu in the Philippines can hear shouting from beneath the rubble as they attempt to shift debris covering more than 20 homes, officials say.
Four bodies have so far been pulled from the mud in the City of Naga, south of the tourist beaches, including a four-year-old child and elderly woman, Bureau of Fire Protection rescue chief Supt. Samuel Tadeo said.
Speaking on local radio, Naga Police Chief Inspector Roden Ylan Gonzales said that around 24 houses had been buried in the landslide, which follows several days of heavy rain.
Rescuers carry a resident brought out from the landslide site.
The city didn't take a direct hit from Super Typhoon Mangkhut that made landfall in the country last weekend, but the storm system -- the world's biggest this year -- dumped plenty of water on the city.
Rescuers also said families were receiving text messages from loves ones feared buried in the mud, raising hope that they are sheltering in an air pocket amid the debris.
Local media SunStar Cebu posted images to its social media account showing rescuers pulling people from the rubble on stretchers.
Philippines Red Cross CEO Richard Gordon posted on Twitter that the organization had responded to the deadly collapse in the early hours of Thursday.
At around 6am today, our Cebu-Mandaue team responded to a landslide incident at Sitio Sindulan, Brgy. Tinaan in Naga, Cebu. Our responders assisted one patient who had serious injuries and also provided psychosocial support to other victims.
Another deadly landslide
The incident comes just days after another deadly landslide in the mining town of Itogon, in the Cordillera region in the north of Luzon, killed at least 18 people.
The rockfall destroyed hundreds of homes and buried dozens of people, mostly miners who worked in small-scale mines and their families.
That landslide, which was triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Mangkhut -- known locally as Ompong -- occurred Saturday.
Mangkhut, the strongest storm of 2018, left 63 people dead, 42 injured and dozens missing as it cut a destructive streak across Luzon, the most populous island in the Philippines.
While emergency signals were raised ahead of the storm's approach, locals said they were shocked by the degree of the devastation.
"This is the first time I've seen this kind of landslide. It's massive, and almost everyone is affected. Even the miners are helping the rescuers, the police -- everyone is giving their best," one rescuer said.
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