Rescuers were digging through a landslide that buried at least 10 homes and killed three people in the central Philippines on Thursday, as monsoon rains unleashed more misery on the already-battered country.

The new tragedy comes just days after this year's most powerful storm, Typhoon Ompong (international name: Mangkhut), raked the nation's north, sparking a separate landslide that left dozens dead.

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