Kathmandu (dpa)- Five people were killed in Nepal's north-eastern district of Solukhumbu in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, local media reported Sunday.
Five members of two families were killed in a landslip that occurred in Chaurikharka village in Solukhumbu district in the Everest region late on Saturday, according to the ekantipur news portal.
A three-month-old baby girl was among those killed.
One person was rescued alive by police. The monsoon rains, lasting from June to mid-September trigger landslides and flash floods in Nepal every year, killing hundreds and displacing thousands.
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