Landslides linked to tropical depression kill at least four in northern Philippines

A tropical depression dumping heavy rain across the northern Philippines has set off landslides that have killed at least four people, The New Indian Express reported, citing authorities. The storm, once Tropical Storm Kujira, carried winds near 55 kilometres an hour as it tracked toward the Philippine Sea, prompting officials to shut government offices and schools in Manila and several provinces further north. In Benguet province, a hillside gave way onto a small restaurant, trapping three kitchen staff underneath, police said rescuers pulled one out alive but found the other two already dead. A day earlier, the national disaster agency had recorded two further fatalities from a separate landslide in Rizal province. A government forecaster said the already sodden ground meant more flooding and slides were likely across the country in the days ahead.