MANILA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Philippine disaster agency said on Tuesday that two teenagers were killed in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains brought by a tropical storm battering the Philippine main Luzon island since Monday night.
Mina Marasigan, spokesperson for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), told a news conference that a 17-year-old boy and his 14-year-old brother were killed when their house was washed away before dawn Tuesday.
Government teams were also evacuating residents of flood-prone villages in Laguna, Batangas and Quezon provinces south of Manila.
At least 24 passengers of a bus and a private car that were stalled in a flooded highway in Quezon province were also rescued, Marasigan added.
She said hundreds of ferry passengers were stranded in many parts of country as the tropical storm battered the Philippine main Luzon island.
Floods caused by a tropical storm submerged many streets and highways in the Philippines on Tuesday, prompting the government to close schools and suspend work in Metro Manila and the affected provinces.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, Ernesto Abella, announced the suspension of government work in Metro Manila and nearby provinces affected by the tropical depression.
