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Schools and other educational institutes were ordered to close in Himachal Pradesh and people in vulnerable areas were being moved to relief shelters, state officials said.
More than 100 rescue workers were looking for survivors, a member of the rescue team said by phone, declining to be identified due to safety concerns. Eight people were injured and taken to hospital on Sunday.
The landslides were reported on Thursday night when a portion of a hill caved in because of torrential rain. Giant boulders fell on roadside shops and eateries that got swept away in the fast-flowing Mandakini River.
The landslide took place on Thursday in Shovi, a small resort town in Georgia's mountainous northwest famed for its vast forests and mineral water springs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed the UAE's sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and people of Georgia, as well as to the families of the victims, and its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.
The police said the house collapsed around 12.30 pm in the Chopal market area.
Rescuers found the bodies of two children, a mother with her baby and another woman on Thursday in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, according to state broadcaster CCTV, citing an investigation.
Flash floods and landslides are a common occurrence in the mountainous terrain of the Himalayan nation especially during the annual monsoon rains between June and September.
Despite the orders, just 3,000 people were in shelters in the Kagoshima region on Thursday morning, an official tally showed.
The landslide occurred in Selangor state, on the outskirts of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, at around 3 am (1900 GMT) and flattened a hillside on an organic farm that officials say was operating the camp illegally.