Rescuers continued the search for landslide survivors of storm Agaton, which left at least 42 dead and 17,000 displaced.
The rescue operations were hampered by mud and rain. Rescuers used bare hands and shovels to search for survivors of landslides in the central Philippines.
Tens of thousands fled their homes after flooding and landslides in multiple villages around Baybay City in Leyte province. Over 100 people were also injured.
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The national disaster agency said three people were killed in the central province of Negros Oriental and three others on the main southern island of Mindanao.
Most deaths in Leyte were reported in the mountainous village of Mailhi where 14 bodies were found while at least seven people were killed and 20 villagers went missing in Bunga.
