Manila - Rescuers struggled Wednesday to save 13 miners trapped for two days in a flooded shaft in the northern Philippines as the nation's death toll from Typhoon Hagupit rose to eight, officials said.

The rescue operation was slowed down by floodwaters inside the mineshaft in Itogon town in Benguet province, 225 kilometres north of Manila, said Chief Superintendent Eugene Martin, a regional police chief.

The miners entered the shaft late Monday despite heavy rains brought by Hagupit, which pummelled large parts of the Philippines for three days, triggering flashfloods and landslides.

The National Disaster Coordinating Council said the storm killed eight people, left 15 missing and displaced more than 10,000.

The council said three of the fatalities were buried in a landslide in the northern city of Baguio, one was electrocuted in the northern province of La Union, and four drowned in the provinces of Antique, Ilocos Sur and Samar.

Forty-four houses were damaged while some roads and bridges remained impassable because of floodwaters and landslides. (dpa)