Nepal landslides kill nine, including 3 children

At least nine people, including three children, were killed after heavy monsoon rains in westNepaltriggeredlandslides, an official said on Saturday.

Five members of a family were sleeping when their house was washed away by a landslide in Malika village in Gulmi district, about 250 km (156 miles) west of Kathmandu, according to Dizan Bhattarai, a spokesman for the National Disaster Rescue and Reduction Management Authority.

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“Bodies of all five have been recovered,” Bhattarai told Reuters, adding that the family included two children.

In neighbouring Syangja district, one woman and her three year old daughter died in a landslide that swept away their house, while in Baglung district, which borders Gulmi, two people were killed in another landslide.

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At least 35 people acrossNepalhave died inlandslides, floods and lightning strikes since mid-June when annual monsoon rains started. Rains normally continue until mid-September.

Landslidesand flash floods are common in mostly mountainousNepalduring the monsoon season and kill hundreds of people every year.