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| At least 35 people across Nepal have died in landslides, floods and lightning strikes since mid-June |
Landslides and flash floods are widespread in primarily mountainous Nepal during the monsoon season, killing hundreds of people every year.
An official reported on Saturday that strong monsoon rains in west Nepal produced landslides, killing at least nine people, including three children.
According to Dizan Bhattarai, a spokeswoman for the National Disaster Rescue and Reduction Management Authority, five family members were asleep when their house was washed away by a landslip in Malika village in Gulmi district, some 250 kilometres (156 miles) west of Kathmandu.
“Bodies of all five have been recovered,” Bhattarai told Reuters, adding that the family included two children.
One lady and her three-year-old daughter were murdered in the nearby Syangja district by a landslip that swept away their house, while two others were killed in Baglung district, which borders Gulmi.
Since the onset of the annual monsoon rains in mid-June, at least 35 people have perished in Nepal due to landslides, floods, and lightning strikes. Rainfall often lasts until mid-September.
During the monsoon season, landslides and flash floods are widespread in Nepal's predominantly mountainous terrain, killing hundreds of people each year.