Three female students drowned in a river in Barangay Salvacion in Busuanga, Palawan, at the height of heavy rains dumped on the province by tropical storm Ramil, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Thursday.

The OCD in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) said in a report that the three died while swimming in Dimachikchik River in Sitio Demegan of Barangay Salvacion.