At least 7 people dead after a landslide buries a house in the Philippines

A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern Philippines, killing at least 10 people, including five children, officials said Friday.
Two people were injured, and at least one more villager remained unaccounted for following the landslide in a remote mountain village in the gold-mining town of Monkayo in Davao de Oro province, Ednar Dayanghirang, the regional chief of the government’s Office of Civil Defense, said.
Three more bodies were found Friday, after the search was paused mid-afternoon Thursday due to the risk of another landslide.
“They were praying in the house when the landslide hit,” Dayanghirang told The Associated Press by telephone Thursday night. “It’s sad but it’s the reality on the ground.”
People living near the village were ordered to evacuate due to fears of more land- and mud-slides due to intermittent downpours, Monkayo Mayor Manuel Zamora said.