This event potentially contributed to a rapid downstream flood. "It is observed that Lake is Burst and about 105 hectares area has been drained out (28 September 2023 image versus 04 October 2023 ...

Sikkim: Heavy rains lashed North Sikkim which resulted in the overflow of nearby rivers leading to the flash flood that engulfed National Highway 10 at Pegong. According to officials, a flash ...

Eight Army personnel have lost their lives in the flash floods that followed a glacial lake burst in Sikkim this week ... the statement said. “Some ammunition, explosives and stores of the ...

Multiple government agencies and scientific expeditions red-flagged the vulnerability of Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim ... flash floods because dense clouds have thus far obscured satellite images.

A cloudburst in South Lhonak lake on October 4 caused a devastating flood in Sikkim. The Army on Saturday said the flash floods in ... it received reports of some ammunition, explosives and ...

The Sikkim flash flood ... is around 17,000 feet above sea level and satellite images showed that nearly 65% of its water was drained, flooding the Teesta River. All of this water flowed downhill ...

A deadly flash flood in the north-east state of Sikkim shows why India urgently ... "Scientists are now looking at slope failures (via satellite images) across all lakes mapping all slopes around ...