At least 12 persons have been killed when a landslide swept two houses in Mastamandau village in Dadeldhura district in far-western Nepal Tuesday morning.

According to eKantipur.com, the District Police Office, some 500 km west of Kathmandu, said that all members of two families, were buried to death when their houses buried them.

Police Inspector Tulsi Aryal said a team of Nepal Police and Armed Police have been pressed into service to carry out rescue works.

Police have recovered five dead bodies so far. Seven people are still trapped under the debris.

Incessant rain since the past three days has affected life adversely in the far-western region.

The mudslide in the village has not stopped and other houses in the area are in a risk of being swept away.