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Severe rains in Northeast India have resulted in infrastructure damage, train cancellations, and crop planting delays. 30 ...
PTI October 05, 2023 21:45 Sikkim govt urges tourists to postpone travel plans As a flash flood left a trail of destruction in Sikkim, the government on Thursday urged people, who planned to visit ...
The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 30 as four more bodies were found on October 7, while 62 people who were reported missing for the past three days were found alive, a government ...
Known as the rooftop of the world, the ecologically-sensitive Himalayan region is prone to flash floods and landslides, and flooding is not unusual in Sikkim ... another dated October 4 shows ...
Sikkim, a Buddhist state of 650,000 people wedged in the mountains between Nepal, Bhutan and China, received 101 millimeters (four inches) of rain in the first five days of October, more than ...
At least 18 people have died and dozens have been displaced across five Northeastern states as relentless rainfall triggered ...
As many as 14 people lost their lives and 102 others, including 22 army personnel, were missing after a cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim caused a flash flood on Wednesday. The release ...
The Sikkim flash flood, in which 14 people have been killed and 102 others are missing, has been so intense because it was the result of a cloudburst causing a glacial lake to overflow. A glacial ...
Lachung in Sikkim is now accessible to tourists post October flash flood. The scenic destination can be reached through an alternative route via Dzongu-Shipgyer The popular north Sikkim tourist ...
Members of Indian Army try to recover buried trucks in Sikkim on October 5, 2023. - Indian Army/Handout/Reuters A vehicle lies on top of a submerged building after flash floods triggered by a ...