Three people were confirmed dead after they were trapped in a landslide in the early hours of Friday in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, local authorities said Saturday, Paralel.Az reports citing Kyodo News.

Police identified the three -- a man in his 90s, a woman in her 80s and their son in his 40s -- as members of a family who had been reported missing. They were living in a wooden house that collapsed due to the landslide in Matsuyama.

There were no further reports of anybody missing and the search was called off at the landslide site.

The disaster occurred as the weather agency warned of heavy rain mainly in western Japan, calling on people to be on high alert for landslides and flooding in low-lying areas.