Rescuers on Wednesday afternoon retrieved the bodies of all four members of a family who were buried in a landslide last night.

A total of four people went missing after a mudslide swept away three houses in Kwholasothar Rural Municipality-3 in the Lamjung district.

Surya Prasad Gurung, the chair of the rural municipality, said the bodies were recovered following a search operation carried out by locals, police, and people's representatives.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Min Bahadur Ghale, chief of the Lamjung District Police Office, the bodies of Rudra Man Gurung, 70, his daughter-in-law Pancha Kumari Gurung, 37, and her two daughters— Ichcha, 9, and Namrata Gurung, 5,—have been recovered from the debris.

Bhim Bahadur Ghale, 36, was injured and has been sent to the district headquarters, Besisahar, for treatment, said police.

The death toll from landslides in the district has reached five. A teenager died after being buried by a landslide in Dordi Rural Municipality-9 on Wednesday.