El Salvador landslides kill at least 7, including three children

Authorities say three children are among those killed south of San Salvador in landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.

At least seven people have been killed in El Salvador, officials said, after heavy rains triggered landslides south of the capital.

Two adults and three children were killed when a landslide buried their house in the municipality of Huizucar, approximately 17km (10 miles) south of San Salvador, the country’s civil protection agency said on Thursday.

Authorities also said two people died and a child was injured after a landslide covered a house in the nearby town of Panchimalco.

“We had an incident in Huizucar, where unfortunately five lives have been lost,” Civil Protection Director Luis Amaya said in an interview with local radio.