Thirty-three people have been killed in floods and a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in Nepal.

The landslide took place in Dhading, west of the capital, Kathmandu, on Wednesday.

Officials said 28 people were buried under a house as it was swept away by the landslide.

The victims, many of whom were women, had been sheltering in the house following a heavy downpour.

Five others were swept away by floods in a nearby river.

Relief teams

The BBC's Sushil Sharma says this are the highest casualty figures in flood-related deaths this season.

Relief teams have been flown to Dhading. A government spokesman said the families of the victims had been given $1,000 each as immediate relief.

Floods and landslides are common in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal during the monsoon season that lasts until September.

Our correspondent says 25 people have already died this month.

During the rainy season last year, more than 100 people died in Nepal, and thousands more were displaced in floods that also hit neighbouring India and Bhutan.