Researchers have now pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood in a bid to better prepare for future ...

The collapse of a 14.7-million cubic metre mass of rock, ice and sediment into the South Lhonak glacial lake was the trigger behind the devastating 2023 Sikkim flood that destroyed a hydropower dam on ...

Sikkim’s Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a flood of concerns that led to the devastation of the previous dam in a ...

Flash flooding has hit parts of northeastern India killing more than a dozen people. More than 100 are still missing including 22 soldiers. Heavy rain over Lhonak lake in the state of Sikkim ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

In October 2023, a multi-hazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalayas was triggered when earth and stones, which had accumulated ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

This surge is attributed to the rebuilding of Sikkim's hospitality industry, which suffered greatly from the devastating flash floods in October 2023. Over the past decade, Sikkim has seen a ...

Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang is ... of homes as well as a 1,200 MW hydel project were washed away in flash floods caused by glacial waters of the South Lhonak lake on the night of ...

An expert panel from the environment ministry has conditionally approved the amendment of the green clearance for Sikkim's 1,200 MW Teesta Hydroelectr ...

The project developers, Sikkim Urja Limited (SUL), have also ... The water conductor system is mostly unaffected in the flash flood, hence, other than the dam most of the components can be ...

a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) swallowed more than 100 lives, damaged 1,800 houses, and battered the 1,200 MW Teesta III hydel dam–Sikkim's biggest– built at a cost of ₹13,965-crore ...