Three persons of a family died when a landslide buried their house at Pedang village development committee of Taplejung district on Tuesday night.

The dead have been identified as Chandra Prasad Lingden, his wife and a five-year-old son.

Many other houses have been damaged due to the landslide triggered by continuous rainfall in the area since the last few days.

Likewise over half-a-dozen houses in Chene of Olangchungola were also affected due to the landslide. However the exact loss incurred in the incident is yet to be measured.

Locals said that flood in Tamor river has been eroding nearby areas as the water level has drastically gone up.

Locals said that the recently-planted paddy saplings were completely washed away.