India, Sept. 16 -- Heavy overnight rains pounded Himachal Pradesh, triggering floods and landslides that left three people dead in a house collapse in Mandi and blocked a crucial road in Shimla, officials said on Tuesday.

Three people died and two were rescued at Bragata village of Sundernagar's Nihri tehsil in Mandi district when debris from an adjoining cliff slid onto a kutcha house around 2.30am, causing it to collapse. According to the officials, five people were inside the house when the landslide struck. While two managed to escape, three were buried in the debris. Rescue operations were carried out jointly by the administration and local residents. "All three bodies have been recovered and sent for post-mortem," said Sundernagar ...