3 killed in Cebu city landslide

(UPDATED) Three people died in a landslide in Barangay Pulangbato, Cebu on Friday, the local disaster office said.   

The victims were two boys, with age 5 and 6; and a senior citizen, local officials said.

They were were trapped in their house by the landslide in Sitio Riverside, Councilor Dave Tumulak said.

“They live in one house,” he said.

The five-year-old’s mother was rescued and brought to the hospital.

Unstable ground was hampering rescue operations, Tumulak said.  

Cebu City experienced intermittent rain earlier in the day due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone.