Sikkim floods: Heavy rain continues, rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim floods: Heavy rain continues, rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas

Live Mint  

Sikkim floods: Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, said officials on Saturday. VB Pathak, the state's chief secretary said, “We are waiting for weather conditions to improve as only then Air Force and other rescue teams could venture into the flood-hit areas.” According to a government official overseeing rescue operations from Gangtok, the death toll has risen to 44 up by 2 from Friday, Reuters reported. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of ₹44.8 crore as an advance amount from the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund to provide relief to the affected people. The Indian government was planning to begin the first early warning systems for glacial floods at Lhonak Lake and another at nearby Shako Cho in Sikkim, before expanding to other dangerous lakes.

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Heavy rain in Sikkim triggers multiple landslides, damages bridge
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Heavy rain in Sikkim triggers multiple landslides, damages bridge

New Indian Express  

GANGTOK: Heavy rains in Sikkim over the last three days have triggered multiple landslides in several areas and caused significant damage to the old Rang-Rang bridge, considered the gateway to the northern part of the state, officials said on Friday. Meanwhile, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha urged the people to avoid unnecessary travel in the wake of torrential downpour lashing …

Congress criticises govt over untimely fund allotment for Sikkim landslide
4 months ago

Congress criticises govt over untimely fund allotment for Sikkim landslide

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The main opposition party Congress has condemned the Union Government over Sikkim landslide for not allocating funds to act timely to mitigate the disaster. This disaster comes on the heels of the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and riverine floods in the Teesta River basin in October 2023, which caused massive devastation in Sikkim and Kalimpong, West Bengal. In …

Govt extends financial support for flood mitigation in five states
5 months ago

Govt extends financial support for flood mitigation in five states

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced financial assistance for Bihar, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim for the damage caused by floods and other natural calamities. Our government, through the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme and other sources, will provide financial support for projects with estimated cost of ₹11,500 crore such as the Kosi-Mechi intrastate link and 20 other ongoing and …

Heavy rains lash southern Odisha, government sounds alert
5 months ago

Heavy rains lash southern Odisha, government sounds alert

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The depression over Odisha coast brought the season’s first deluge-like situation as extreme heavy rainfall lashed southern districts of the state with Malkangiri bearing the brunt in the last 24 hours. The district headquarters town of Malkangiri remained cut off from the state as well as neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said …

Assam floods: Brahmaputra above danger mark, CM Himanta says water receding
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam floods: Brahmaputra above danger mark, CM Himanta says water receding

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the flood situation was improving as the water flowing above the danger mark in Brahmaputra river and its tributaries continued to recede.. Chief Minister Sarma has claimed that the Assam flood situation has improved and water is receding, while the SDRF also begins rescues in Hailakandi district CM Sarma, who was …

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Floods and landslides triggered by …

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s northeast kill at least 16 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s northeast kill at least 16 people

Associated Press  

GUWAHATI, India — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India’s northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday. The Indian army and air force have been assisting with rescue efforts in Assam, one of the worst-hit states, where a …

70 feet in 72 hours: Indian army constructs bailey bridge in Sikkim, restores connectivity in the state after landslide
5 months, 3 weeks ago

70 feet in 72 hours: Indian army constructs bailey bridge in Sikkim, restores connectivity in the state after landslide

Hindustan Times  

Army engineers constructed a 70-feet bailey bridge on Dikchu-Sanklang road in Sikkim's capital Gangtok within 72 hours to restore connectivity lost due to recent floods in the state. The bridge constructed at Dett Khola on Dikchu-Sanklang road is a significant link to “enable vehicular traffic from Dikchu to Sanklang towards Chungthang”, said PRO Defence. Sikkim's minister of forest and environment …

Indian Army constructs 150 ft suspension bridge over flowing river in Sikkim in 48 hours
6 months ago

Indian Army constructs 150 ft suspension bridge over flowing river in Sikkim in 48 hours

The Hindu  

As heavy rains continue to lash parts of Sikkim and certain areas remain cut off, the engineers of Indian Army have successfully constructed a 150-foot suspension bridge in north Sikkim over a flowing river in less than 48 hours. The bridge has re-established connectivity to border villages cut off due to persistent heavy rains and has provided much-needed relief to …

Assam’s flood situation remains grim; more than four lakh affected
6 months ago

Assam’s flood situation remains grim; more than four lakh affected

The Hindu  

“The flood situation in Assam remained grim on June 21 with more than four lakh people reeling under the deluge in several districts,” officials said. “More than four lakh people in 19 districts – Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Darrang, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, South Salmara, Tamulpur and Udalguri – continued to reel under …

Sikkim landslide: All stranded tourists evacuated, say officials
6 months ago

Sikkim landslide: All stranded tourists evacuated, say officials

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: All the tourists, including some foreign nationals, who were stranded in North Sikkim after landslides triggered by heavy rains cut off the region since June 13, have been rescued and brought to safety, officials aware of the development said. Around 1,200 tourists were stranded in north Sikkim as most parts of the region remained cut off because of damages …

Satellites keep a check on Sikkim’s glacial lakes as heavy rainfall batters state
6 months, 1 week ago

Satellites keep a check on Sikkim’s glacial lakes as heavy rainfall batters state

Hindustan Times  

The Sikkim government is taking assistance of Indian remote sensing agencies and satellite imageries to keep a watch over vulnerable glacial lakes, to avert any kind of rerun of the 2023-disaster, even as heavy rainfall continues to affect the high-altitude regions of the Himalayan state in eastern India. “We are taking the help of satellite imageries to keep a watch …

Nine dead as landslides, triggered by incessant rains, hit Sikkim
6 months, 1 week ago

Nine dead as landslides, triggered by incessant rains, hit Sikkim

Hindustan Times  

Six more people were killed and two others wounded as excessive rainfall triggered massive landslides across North Sikkim, causing extensive damage, blocking several key roads and inundating dozens of homes across the region, officials said on Thursday. According to data from the India Meteorological Department, Mangan district in North Sikkim received over 220mm rain between Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. …

Landslides cut off North Sikkim; swollen Teesta leaves hundreds homeless
6 months, 1 week ago

Landslides cut off North Sikkim; swollen Teesta leaves hundreds homeless

Hindustan Times  

Heavy rains triggered multiple landslides and cut off North Sikkim from the rest of the state even as a swollen River Teesta flooded its banks and left hundreds of people homeless. Landslides in North Sikkim blocked roads and damaged houses and electricity poles. In October last year, a flash flood, triggered by a glacial lake outburst in North Sikkim, left …

Three die in landslides in south Sikkim following heavy rainfall
6 months, 1 week ago

Three die in landslides in south Sikkim following heavy rainfall

Hindustan Times  

GANGTOK: Three people died and several others were injured when landslides triggered by heavy rainfall destroyed their homes at south Sikkim’s Majwa village during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, officials said. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha president Prem Singh Tamang expressed his grief over the loss of lives and property hours before being sworn in as chief minister for a …

Hydropower projects on the Teesta have weakened the topography of Sikkim, causing disasters like the recent floods
1 year, 1 month ago

Hydropower projects on the Teesta have weakened the topography of Sikkim, causing disasters like the recent floods

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 25, 2023 21:03 IST - 12 MINS READ On the night of October 3, 2023, the South Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim breached, causing a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood. Located approximately 60 kilometres downstream of the lake, in Chungthang town of Mangan district, was the 1,200 MW Teesta III dam, the biggest hydropower project in Sikkim. “Rivers …

Mitigating tragedies in the Himalayan region
1 year, 1 month ago

Mitigating tragedies in the Himalayan region

The Hindu  

The recent glacial lake outburst flood in Sikkim wreaked havoc along the Teesta river, bringing into focus the magnifying risk of climate change-induced GLOF across the Indian Himalayan Region. In mountains, hazards often occur in a cascading fashion — heavy rainfall triggers a landslide, which may in turn cause a glacial lake outburst and more landslides downstream, and create conditions …

Will the Sikkim flood impact hydel projects? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Will the Sikkim flood impact hydel projects? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: During the early hours of October 4, a sudden surge in the Teesta river washed away habitations in Sikkim, the Chungthang Dam, several bridges and parts of National Highway 10, leaving scores of people dead and missing and thousands homeless. The 1,200 MW Teesta Stage III hydro power project located at Chungthang village in Mangan district …

Sikkim dam collapse will not slow India’s hydropower plans: R.K. Singh
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim dam collapse will not slow India’s hydropower plans: R.K. Singh

The Hindu  

The glacier lake outburst that triggered a flood in Sikkim and destroyed the Chungthang dam will not slow India’s reliance on hydropower, R.K. Singh, Minister for Power and Renewable Energy, has said. The Chungthang dam, a key component of the 1,200 MW Sikkim Urja hydel power project, was destroyed along with several highways, villages, and towns in Sikkim. The quantity …

GTA threatens to stop work at two hydel power projects over Teesta after floods
1 year, 2 months ago

GTA threatens to stop work at two hydel power projects over Teesta after floods

Hindustan Times  

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a semi-autonomous body which governs the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills in north Bengal, has threatened to stop two hydel power projects over the Teesta River in Kalimpong after a flash flood killed more than 90 people in Sikkim last week. Teesta Low Dam Project III at Reang “We will not allow the Teesta Low Dam Project …

Sikkim flash floods | The river runneth over
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash floods | The river runneth over

The Hindu  

There is a popular folk tale in Sikkim, told and retold in regions where the Lepchas live. The South Lhonak glacial lake, formed from the gradual melting of a Himalayan glacier and located about 17,000 feet above sea level in north-western Sikkim, suddenly breached its embankments and “burst”, inundating the Teesta river basin. “But that was nothing compared to what …

Early warning system for India's flooded glacial lake was delayed by a year
1 year, 2 months ago

Early warning system for India's flooded glacial lake was delayed by a year

The Hindu  

An early warning system for glacial floods was due to have been installed in the Indian Himalayas last year, but work on the project only began in September, officials said, too late to raise the alarm before last week's floods that killed dozens. Reuters first reported that scientists were working on an early warning system at Lhonak Lake in the …

ISRO to monitor Himalayan lakes as Sikkim floods kill 86
1 year, 2 months ago

ISRO to monitor Himalayan lakes as Sikkim floods kill 86

Hindustan Times  

Fresh off landing a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, India’s space agency has a new task: monitor water levels in two lakes in Sikkim where floods have killed at least 86 people. Flash flood was triggered by an outburst of the Lhonak glacial lake in north Sikkim The Indian Space Research Organisation has been asked to continuously monitor South …

Sikkim flood was a matter of time despite uncertainties, scientists knew
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flood was a matter of time despite uncertainties, scientists knew

The Hindu  

The Teesta basin in the Sikkim Himalaya is home to several glacial lakes in the high-altitude, glacier-covered terrain. The low-pressure area near the region further increased the moisture, a conducive environment for torrential rains.” An expected disaster As it happens, scientists had anticipated the Sikkim disaster as early as 2021, when, in a study published in the journal Geomorphology, they …

Indian rescue copters are flying into region where flood washed out bridges and killed at least 52
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian rescue copters are flying into region where flood washed out bridges and killed at least 52

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Air force helicopters were able …

Sikkim flash flood | Death toll rises to 34; IAF begins rescuing stranded tourists
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash flood | Death toll rises to 34; IAF begins rescuing stranded tourists

The Hindu  

The death toll in Sikkim’s flash flood has risen to 34, officials in the state said on Monday, while the administration in adjoining northern West Bengal said that 40 bodies have been fished out from the downstream of Teesta River. The Indian Air Force has started rescue and relief operations in the Himalayan state, airlifting the first batch of stranded …

Migrant workers in Sikkim recount nightmare as they leave for home states
1 year, 2 months ago

Migrant workers in Sikkim recount nightmare as they leave for home states

Hindustan Times  

Naresh Kumar was fast asleep when police sirens woke him up around 3am on October 4. A migrant worker, Kumar recalled that fateful night when flash floods hit Sikkim which has claimed at least 82 lives so far with around 140 still missing. A flash flood triggered by an outburst in a glacial lake in north Sikkim on Tuesday night …

Sikkim floods: 33 bodies recovered, over 60,000 people affected. Top 10 updates
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim floods: 33 bodies recovered, over 60,000 people affected. Top 10 updates

Live Mint  

Sikkim flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of October 4 over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flood like situation in the Teesta River in Lachen Valley and affected 60,870 people, reported PTI. Also read: Sikkim floods: Heavy rain continues, rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas, over 100 still missing According to latest …

What caused the flood in Sikkim? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

What caused the flood in Sikkim? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: More than 25 people have been confirmed dead, and many more are missing from a massive flood that resulted from a glacier-lake outburst in Sikkim in the early hours of October 4. “There was heavy rain in south Sikkim but nothing remarkable in the northern region,” M. Mohapatra, Director General, India Meteorological Department told The Hindu. …

Sikkim flash flood: Death toll increases to 32
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash flood: Death toll increases to 32

Live Mint  

The death toll in Sikkim has increased to 32 after the flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, the flash flood has affected 41,870 people. The civilians including 4 women and 52 men were rescued via the ropeway made by the ITBP rescue team in Chungthang …

Toll rises to 32 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missing
1 year, 2 months ago

Toll rises to 32 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missing

The Hindu  

Thirty-two bodies, including those of nine Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in the Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search continued for the over 100 people who are still missing, officials said on October 8. So far, 2,563 people have been rescued from different areas of the state, most …

Sikkim’s aboriginal inhabitants suffer major damage in flash flood
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim’s aboriginal inhabitants suffer major damage in flash flood

Hindustan Times  

Dzongu, a region in north Sikkim, which has over the years been established as an official reserve of the Lepchas – the aboriginal inhabitants of the tiny Himalayan state in eastern India – has been badly hit by the flash flood. On Tuesday night, a flash flood was triggered by an outburst of the Lhonak glacial lake in north Sikkim …

Sikkim flood: 62 missing people found alive as toll rises to 30
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flood: 62 missing people found alive as toll rises to 30

Live Mint  

The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 30 as four more bodies were found on Saturday, while 62 people who were reported missing earlier were found alive in the state which will be visited by an inter-ministerial team of the central government to assess damage. The number of missing people now is 81 for whom search operations …

Sikkim flash floods | Eight soldiers killed, search on for 14 missing
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash floods | Eight soldiers killed, search on for 14 missing

The Hindu  

Eight Army personnel have lost their lives in the flash floods that followed a glacial lake burst in Sikkim this week, while search efforts to locate 14 missing soldiers are continuing, the Indian Army said on Saturday, adding that the operational situation along the Line of Actual Control is stable. While the hinterland of Sikkim has been affected, the operational …

Sikkim floods: 27 persons killed, 142 still missing, over 2,400 rescued
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim floods: 27 persons killed, 142 still missing, over 2,400 rescued

Live Mint  

Sikkim floods: The bodies of 27 people, including seven Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in the Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search continued for the 142 people who are still missing, officials said on Friday night. Here's a 10-point update on Sikkim floods 1) The flash flood, which …

Sikkim floods: CM warns against ‘stockpiling’ as he announces additional package
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim floods: CM warns against ‘stockpiling’ as he announces additional package

Hindustan Times  

Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang has warned that stockpiling and overcharging of any goods “will not be accepted” while reiterating the state government's efforts to provide aid in the wake of flash floods, resulting in the loss of at least 27 lives and causing widespread destruction. Special package for four districts The state government has announced a special relief …

Monsoon extremes; retreating glaciers led to Sikkim disaster, say experts
1 year, 2 months ago

Monsoon extremes; retreating glaciers led to Sikkim disaster, say experts

Hindustan Times  

A combination of extreme rain in the northeast, retreating glaciers and poorly planned hydropower projects led to the current crisis in Sikkim, where a glacial lake outburst flood left at least four districts inundated and buried large swathes of land under silt and debris. On September 30, HT reported that monsoon 2023 has been a story of swings, and as …

Sikkim: Before cloudburst over Lhonak Lake, early warning system was in works
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim: Before cloudburst over Lhonak Lake, early warning system was in works

Live Mint  

Two days after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, killing almost 40 people, reports arrived that scientists and government authorities were working on developing an early warning system to mitigate glacial flood risks at Lhonak Lake. Meanwhile, authorities claim that a camera to monitor Lhonak Lake's level and weather …

Bengal floods: Swollen Teesta river damages houses, roads, vehicles in Kalimpong
1 year, 2 months ago

Bengal floods: Swollen Teesta river damages houses, roads, vehicles in Kalimpong

Live Mint  

West Bengal is among the states hit by flash floods following the cloudburst over the South Lhonak Lake in the Northeastern state of Sikkim. Videos shared by news agency ANI showed the overflowing Teesta river damaging vehicles and residential structures, as it gushes past Bengal's Kalimpong, the town located close to neighbouring Sikkim. Expressing concern over the flood-like situation in …

Damages due to Sikkim flash floods worth thousands of crores of rupees, says CM Tamang
1 year, 2 months ago

Damages due to Sikkim flash floods worth thousands of crores of rupees, says CM Tamang

The Hindu  

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on October 6 said that the Himalayan State has incurred damages worth thousands of crores of rupees in the flash flood but the exact details will be known after a committee is formed and it completes its analysis. Meanwhile, Mr. Shah has approved the release of ₹44.8 crore as an advance amount from the …

Residents pick up pieces after Sikkim floods leave behind trail of destruction
1 year, 2 months ago

Residents pick up pieces after Sikkim floods leave behind trail of destruction

Hindustan Times  

Around 2am on Wednesday, Nimesh Chetri and his wife were woken up as sudden announcements over loudspeakers warned people of gushing flood waters in Ghel Khola in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district. A glacial lake overflowed upstream in Sikkim following torrential rains and triggered flash floods down the Teesta, which flows through West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. Three kilometres upstream from …

Sikkim floods: CM Prem Singh Tamang blames ‘sub-standard dam construction’
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim floods: CM Prem Singh Tamang blames ‘sub-standard dam construction’

Live Mint  

Sikkim flash floods: As the death toll in the Sikkim floods climbed to 40, including 7 soldiers, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang spoke with news platform NDTV and blamed the "inferior construction" of Chungthang Dam for the tragedy. Prem Singh Tamang said that the previous Sikkim Democratic Front government should be blamed for the tragedy due their "sub-standard" work. but, …

Icy floodwaters burst through major dam in India's northeast, killing at least 31 people
1 year, 2 months ago

Icy floodwaters burst through major dam in India's northeast, killing at least 31 people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A flood that burst through …

Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India’s northeast was feared for years
1 year, 2 months ago

Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India’s northeast was feared for years

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan north, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years. A vehicle is seen partially submerged in water after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy …

Sikkim flood | Centre approves relief worth ₹44.8 crore for flood-hit State
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flood | Centre approves relief worth ₹44.8 crore for flood-hit State

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved release of both installments of Central share of State Disaster Response Fund to Sikkim, amounting to ₹44.80 crore in advance, for the year 2023-24, to help the State in providing relief measures to people affected by the flash floods in the State. The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 21 …

Sikkim flash floods: Death toll rises to 19; schools, colleges shut till 15 Oct
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash floods: Death toll rises to 19; schools, colleges shut till 15 Oct

Live Mint  

Sikkim Flash Floods: A cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen Valley on 4 October. Sikkim Chief Secretary Vijay Bhushan Pathak told news agency ANI that around 3000 people are stranded in Lachen and Lachung, 700-800 drivers are stuck. A relief camp has been set up for people …

Sikkim flash floods death toll rises to 21, searches on for 103 missing people
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash floods death toll rises to 21, searches on for 103 missing people

The Hindu  

The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 21 on October 6 as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast-flowing water in the Teesta river basin and downstream north Bengal for the third day in search of those who were swept away and are still missing, officials said. A total of 103 people, …

Sikkim's Chungthang dam washed away due to substandard construction: Chief Minister
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim's Chungthang dam washed away due to substandard construction: Chief Minister

India Today  

Sikkim's Chungthang dam was washed away because of substandard construction, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has said. The Sikkim Chief Minister also said the connectivity to the northern part of the state was entirely cut off. The flood destroyed 13 bridges in the state, with eight bridges getting washed away in Mangan district alone. So far, 2,411 people have been …

Sikkim flash flood: Disaster relief team fails to land, death toll rises to 30 | 10 points
1 year, 2 months ago

Sikkim flash flood: Disaster relief team fails to land, death toll rises to 30 | 10 points

India Today  

At least 30 people, including four Army personnel, died and over 100 remained missing following a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim district that triggered flash floods in the region earlier this week. The flash flood led to the swelling of the river Teesta, sweeping away several houses in towns and villages and dozens of people, including Army personnel. …

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