Brazil landslide kills eight

The landslide buried at least 11 houses in the Jorge Teixeira neighborhood on the west side of Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon region, city hall said.

"Three people were rescued alive and eight bodies found: four adults and four children," the Amazonas state government said in a statement.

The last two bodies recovered were a mother and daughter, found holding each other beneath the mud and rubble, according to news site G1.

"We could still get reports of more missing persons, so we're keeping up the search until we're sure no one else is left," emergency official Orleilso Ximenes Muniz told reporters at the scene, where rescue workers and volunteers were digging through the wreckage with heavy equipment and shovels.

Brazil in recent years has been hit by a series of deadly weather disasters, which experts say are being made worse by climate change.

In February, at least 65 people died when torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo.

An estimated 9.5 million of Brazil's 215 million people live in areas at high risk of flooding or landslides -- mainly poor favela neighborhoods.

Manaus Mayor David Almeida said the city of 2.3 million people had more than 1,000 at-risk neighborhoods.

He called for more investment to prevent disasters.