This handout photo taken on February 7, 2024 and obtained from the Facebook page of the Office of the Provincial Fire Marshal (OPFM) Davao de Oro shows responders conduct rescue operations at the site of a landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro. (HANDOUT / OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL FIRE MARSHAL DAVAO DE ORO VIA AFP)

MANILA - The death toll in a landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines on Tuesday has climbed to 27, with 89 remaining missing, authorities said Friday.

In an updated statement, the Maco municipal government said 32 have been rescued from the landslide, which occurred Tuesday night near a mining site in Maco town and buried several houses and two buses that ferry miners from the site.

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The statement said that at least 89 people remain missing. Previous report said 15 bodies had been recovered.