Kathmandu, Nepal — Landslides triggered by heavy rain on Saturday killed at least nine people, including an entire family, as they slept in Nepal’s mountainous districts, officials said.
The landslides buried houses in three separate areas in the country’s mountainous region, about 250 kilometers (156 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, according to Nepal’s National Disaster Reduction and Rescue Management Authority.
Five members of the same family died when their house was swallowed by a landslide while they were sleeping in Malika village in Gulmi district. The victims included a couple, their daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, including an 8-month-old girl.
Two more people were killed in neighboring Baglung district and two others in Syangja districts, officials said.
The monsoon season that brings heavy rains in Nepal began earlier this month. It usually triggers landslides in the mountainous areas that cover most of this Himalayan nation, causing deaths and damage until September.
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