MANILA - Heavy rains have triggered a landslide that killed a 4-year-old girl and her
grandmother, a disaster-response official said.

Disaster-response administrator Joey Marco says two hours of rain loosened the ground and sent mud, rocks and debris crashing into a hillside house while the family was asleep in mountainous Antipolo city east of Manila.

He says the girl's pregnant mother survived Friday's pre-dawn landslide.

Marco says rescue workers using shovels and bare hands recovered the bodies of the girl and her 68-year-old grandmother about four hours later.

Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods in Manila and nearby areas as forecasters reported another tropical storm has formed east of the Philippines.(AP)