Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal have killed at least 47 people, according to disaster officials.

Torrential downpours have lashed Nepal since Friday, leaving rivers in spate and many areas in the Himalayan nation inundated. Five people are missing, a spokeswoman for Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said on Sunday.

At least 37 people were killed by landslides in the worst affected eastern district of Ilam.

“Heavy rains overnight caused the landslides,” local district official Sunita Nepal said. “Rescue workers have reached the affected areas. It was difficult because many roads were blocked.”

Rivers in the capital, Kathmandu, also swelled, inundating settlements along the banks.

Security personnel were deployed with helicopte

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