Twenty-two people, eight of them members of one family, died separately in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh. Several people are missing and feared dead while at least ten suffered injuries, officials said Saturday.

Heavy rain has been lashing the hill state since Friday.

Himachal Pradesh Disaster Management Department Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said 34 weather-related incidents have been recorded so far in the state with the highest damage being reported from Mandi, Kangra and Chamba districts. The IMD has forecast moderate to heavy rain in Himachal till August 28.

According to officials, three people were killed after their house collapsed following a landslide in Chamba district. The district emergency operation centre said the landslide occurred at Banet village in Chowari tehsil around at 4.30 am.

In Mandi alone, 13 people died and six went missing in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain, Deputy Commissioner Arindam Chaudhary said. Those missing are feared dead, he said.

The bodies of eight members of a family were retrieved from the debris of their house after a four-hour search by the NDRF and police at Kashan village in Gohar development block, he added. The house collapsed in a landslide.

The body of a girl was recovered some distance away from her house after a flash flood in Baghi nullah on the Mandi-Katola-Prashar road, the DC said, adding that five members of her family are feared washed away.

Besides, seven members of another family are feared buried under the debris of their house following a landslide at Kashan village, also in Mandi, officials said.

Several roads in Mandi have been blocked following the flash flood and landslides. Several vehicles were damaged and a number of villagers were stuck as water entered their houses at Balh, Sadar, Thunag, Mandi and Lamathach, officials said. A boulder fell on a tourist car from UP in Theog, killing two of its occupants.

In Kangra, a ‘kuccha’ house collapsed, killing a nine-year-old child. In the same district, a 48-year-old man, Bal Mukund, was killed in Lahar village following a landslide, officials said.