Philippine rescuers claw through dirt in a search for survivors a day after a landslide buried workers in mining tunnels in a gold-rich area in Kingking village of Pantukan town in Compostela province, southern Philippines on April 23, 2011. (PHOTO / AFP)

MANILA - Seven people, including five children, were killed after a landslide buried a house following days of heavy rains in southern Davao de Oro province, a disaster official said on Thursday.

Two people were injured and approximately 10 were missing, Ednar Dayanghirang, director of the regional civil defense agency, told DZRH radio.

Heavy rains and floods have affected more than 187,000 people in four provinces in the Davao region

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Authorities suspended search and rescue operations due to continuing rains in a residential area for small-scale miners, he said.

Heavy rains and floods have affected more than 187,000 people in four provinces in the Davao region, data from the national disaster agency show.

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Landslides and floods are frequent in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that is hit by about 20 tropical storms annually.