New satellite images show the extent of the damage caused by deadly flash floods that hit a village in India's north-eastern state of Sikkim in October. The photos show how the Teesta river broke ...

At least 14 persons were killed and at least 102 persons - 22 of them Army personnel - went missing in North Sikkim after a flash flood in the Teesta early on Wednesday caused massive devastation ...

Sikkim flash floods: The death count in the flash flood in Sikkim increased to 18 today (October 5) as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and sheets of water in the Teesta ...

A deadly flash flood in the north-east state of Sikkim shows why India urgently needs to install advanced early warning systems for its dangerous glacial lakes, experts say. At least 70 people ...

IMAGE: Search operation is underway after 22 army personnel went missing due to a sudden cloudburst occurred in the Lhonak Lake resulting in flash flood in the Teesta river basin, in Gangtok ...

On October 3, 2023, Skimmin, battered by heavy rains, woke up to one of the deadline tragedies on the continent. A sudden ...

Sikkim flash floods: Multiple government agencies and scientific expeditions red-flagged the vulnerability of Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim to a glacial lake outburst flood for at least a decade ...

Nearly 65 per cent of Sikkim's Lhonak Lake - around 105 hectares - has been drained after a cloudburst forced the water body to overflow and trigger flash floods in the Teesta River.

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.

IMAGE: 23 army personnel have been reported missing due to a flash flood that occurred in Teesta River in Lachen Valley after a sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim. Photograph ...

The flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst, which caused the South Lhonak glacial lake to burst its banks. The excess water flowed into the Teesta river downstream, causing its water level to rise.