MANILA - RAINS from Typhoon Nuri triggered a series of landslides and floods in the northern Philippines, killing seven people before the storm moved on Thursday toward Hong Kong.

Nuri, packing winds of 140 kilometres per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 170 kph, was forecast to make landfall over Guangdong province, just east of Hong Kong on Friday afternoon, according to the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Rains, winds and flooding on Wednesday caused landslides in the mountainous northern Philippine provinces but the weather cleared on Thursday.

The Office of Civil Defence said three brothers aged 1, 3 and 10 years were killed when their house in Itogon township in Benguet province was swept away.

Another landslide in Itogon killed a 72-year-old woman in her kitchen.

Itogon is about 200 kilometers north of Manila.

Three other people died in landslides and one was killed by a fallen tree, the civil defence said.

One person was reported missing. -- AP