A rain-induced landslide killed at least 10 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command 

MANILA — The death toll from a rain-induced landslide in Davao De Oro rose to 10 on Thursday, as rescuers continued to claw through rubble for dozens of people still missing.  

At least 31 people have been rescued from the landslide that struck the gold-mining village of Barangay Masara in Maco town, its disaster office and the provincial government said. 

The landslide struck Tuesday night in the mountainous area, destroying houses and engulfing two buses used to transport mine workers, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili earlier said. 

Aerial video showed a deep, brown gouge down the side of a forested mountain that reaches the village below where a number of houses had been destroyed. Land above the landslide appears to have been cleared for crops. 

A rain-induced landslide killed at least 10 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command 

The landslide appears to have caught people by surprise.

"There was no sign that a landslide would occur because the rains stopped on Thursday and by Friday it was already sunny and hot," Macapili said.

Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao off and on for weeks, forcing tens of thousands into shelters.

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At least 18 people died from landslides and flooding in the region last week, the national disaster agency said in its latest update.

Landslides are frequent hazards across much of the archipelago nation owing to the mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall and widespread deforestation.

The Philippines is regularly ravaged by storms, with scientists warning they are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer because of climate change.

— With reports from Hernel Tocmo; Agence France-Presse