Rescuers look for missing people after deadly landslides in Philippines

A lndslide area at Baybay City, Leyte province (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Rescue efforts are continuing after heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least 25 people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides.

Twenty-two villagers died in landslides in four villages in Baybay city in central Leyte province on Sunday and Monday, city police chief Lt Col Joemen Collado said. At least six other people were reported missing.