Mangkhut typhoon: landslide in the Philippines kills five victims

At least five people have died and about 100 will be trapped after a landslide destroyed houses in the Philippines following Typhoon Mangkhut.

Rescuers and residents were using shovels in a desperate search for survivors after hearing calls for help and receiving a text message from a family of six who said they were still alive after being buried.

Four people were pulled out alive after heavy rains flooded parts of the country for several days.

But at least five bodies, including that of a four-year-old girl, were found after about two dozen homes were buried.

Rocks and earth have struck homes near a limestone quarry near the city of Naga on the central island of Cebu on Thursday morning.

At 11am, officials received a text message from a family of six who said they were buried in the landslide but still alive, reported CNN Philippines.

According to the report, a hundred people would be trapped and work for a mining company.

The rescuers heard cries and cries under the rubble.

Vhann Quisido, who was lucky enough to escape when a tide of earth and rocks stopped behind his house, told Reuters: "I was sleeping when I heard a loud noise .

"I was waiting for the earth to enter our house. It was very traumatic."

Regional police chief Debold Sinas told reporters: "The landslide buried about 20 to 24 houses and all the people inside were trapped".

The rescuers were on a dangerous mission.

Councilwoman Carmelino Cruz told the ANC news channel: "The soil is still unstable, from time to time you will hear vibrations."

There has been a series of deadly landslides since Mangkhut struck the Pacific nation on Saturday, resulting in heavy rains and 200 mph winds.

At Thursday, the toll was 88. Most of the victims were killed in landslides.

The most powerful storm in the world in 2018 has caused more than 100 slips, most in the mountainous region of the Cordillera, on the main island of Luzon.

A major recovery effort has continued in Itogon on a small mining site, where the bodies of at least 21 people, mostly miners, have been recovered.

Rescue teams are looking for 53 people buried since Saturday, but they say there is little chance of finding survivors five days later.