Thiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), 2 Dec 

Five bodies, trapped in a house buried under mud and rocks, following torrential rain on December 1, were recovered from Annamalaiyar Hill following a hectic search since Monday morning.

The rescuers which included several teams from the NDRF, police, and fire service personnel recovered body of a child on Monday evening and following this four other bodies were located and recovered, police said.

The hill area was rocked by four mud slips since the night of December 1 owing to the impact of Cyclone Fengal. A boulder had fallen on the house.

The bodies have been sent to the government hospital, police said and added a woman was among those killed.

Locals in the VOC Nagar on the foothill have told the authorities that a couple, their two kids besides three other children were trapped in the house that crashed after the boulder rolled down following a mud slip on the night of December 1.

A search is on for two more people.