Dharamshala, July 2 -- A woman was killed after being struck by a boulder that rolled down a hillside near Aut in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, as heavy rain lashed parts of the state, disrupting normal life. The victim, identified as Sukhbir Kaur (38), a resident of Nalagarh in Solan district, was travelling with her family in a car on the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway. She had stepped out of the vehicle near Aut when a falling boulder struck her, killing her on the spot. After the southwest monsoon arrived in Himachal on Tuesday, rainfall continued across the state on Wednesday, triggering landslides, rockfalls and road closures. As many as 35 roads remained blocked across the state, including 18 in Kullu district and 11 in Mandi district. The Shimla-Mataur National Highway (NH-205) was blocked following a landslide near Namhol in Bilaspur district, disrupting traffic movement. A large quantity of debris fell onto the highway, leaving vehicles stranded on both sides and causing inconvenience to commuters, prompting the authorities to divert the traffic through alternate routes. In Chamba district, traffic remained suspended on the Chamba-Tissa highway near Pangola Nallah during the morning after the water level rose sharply, bringing heavy debris onto the road. The highway was reopened in the afternoon after conditions improved. In Lanot Gram Panchayat of Salooni subdivision in Chamba, two houses suffered extensive damage after rainwater and debris gushed into the structures. According to local residents, large quantities of mud and debris flowed downhill, accumulated on the rooftops and entered the houses, damaging the buildings as well as household belongings. Heavy rain also inundated a shop in Dhutta village, damaging goods stored inside. The India meteorological department (IMD), Shimla, on Wednesday said that the Southwest Monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of Himachal Pradesh, thereby covering the entire state on July 1, against the normal date of 25 June. IMD officials said that the monsoon has covered the remaining parts of Shimla district (including Shimla city), Sirmaur, Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, and Kangra districts, as well as the entire districts of Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, and Chamba. Heavy rainfall is likely to continue in parts of the state till July 7. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Kangra, Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur districts on July 2; Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur districts on July 3; and Mandi and Sirmaur districts on July 5. A yellow alert for heavy rainfall has also been issued for Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Chamba, Kullu and Solan districts on July 2; Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kullu and Shimla districts on July 3; Mandi, Shimla and Sirmaur districts on July 4; and Bilaspur, Kangra, Kullu and Shimla districts on July 5....