At least six people, including three children, were killed on Tuesday night in a landslide in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, the state's civil protection director Hector Gonzalez said Wednesday.

The landslide, caused by several hours of heavy downpours, ran over a house, killing at least three women and three girls in San Pedro Quiatoni, Tlacolula district, some 70 km from the state capital, Oaxaca city.

The authorities have issued warnings against possible natural disasters, especially to people living near hills and rivers.

Over three past days, hurricane Emily from the Atlantic has been plaguing the country, causing heavy flooding first in the eastern Yucatan Peninsula and now in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
 
Meanwhile, tropical storm Eugene from the Pacific also brought heavy rains to Oaxaca State and Lower California State.

(Xinhua News Agency July 21, 2005)