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Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Himachal; 5 killed in landslides, several shops washed away in Mandi, Chandigarh-Manali highway shut
Three members of a family were killed in a house collapse following landslide due to rain in Kotgarh area of Shimla district.
A landslide also damaged a makeshift house near Kullu town, leaving a woman dead.
In another incident, a person was buried alive following a landslide in Katiyan tehsil of Chamba on Saturday night.
Thirteen landslides and nine flash floods have been reported in the state in the past 36 hours, according to the state emergency operation centre.
Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul and Spiti districts, causing considerable loss to the private and government property.
Several shops were washed away in flash flood at Bahang near Manali, while one under-construction house was submerged in the flooded Beas river near Patlikuhal in Kullu district. One woman was rescued from under the debris in Kullu.
