At least 9 dead, including entire family, as landslides rock Nepali village | World news

At least nine people, including an entire family, were killed in their sleep in Nepal’s mountainous regions in landslides triggered by heavy rains on Saturday, officials said.

According to Nepal’s National Disaster Rescue and Reduction Management Authority, the landslides buried houses in three different areas of the country’s mountainous region, about 250 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu.

Five members of the same family were killed when their house in Malika village in Gulmi district was swallowed by a landslide while they were sleeping. The victims included a married couple, their daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, including an 8-month-old girl.

Two other people were killed in neighboring Baglung district and two more in Syangja districts, officials said.

The monsoon season began earlier this month, bringing heavy rains to Nepal. It typically triggers landslides in the mountainous regions that cover most of the Himalayan state, causing deaths and damage until September.