[ad_1] Five days after flash floods struck Sikkim, more than 3,000 people, mostly tourists, remain stranded in Lachen and Lachung towns of the Himalayan state, officials said. “We have managed…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains over several areas of North East, East, South and North West India till 12 October. As per IMD, heavy rains…
[ad_1] The flash floods of October 4 in Sikkim were the result of a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) at Lhonak Lake. Multiple reports had flagged Lohnak Lake’s high vulnerability…
[ad_1] 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. Since then,…
[ad_1] At least eighteen people, including four army personnel, have died in Sikkim after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin. According to…
[ad_1] In the flood-hit Sikkim, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) told the stock exchanges that its power projects, situated in Teesta Basin have been affected. NHPC’s Teesta-V power stations…
[ad_1] A report compiled by the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) in 2019 notes that in 2013, scientists from the National Remote Sensing Centre in Hyderabad reported that the…
[ad_1] Teesta Urja, the second biggest run-of-the-river hydro power project in India, suffered massive damage due to flood caused by the breach in Lhonak lake in north-west Sikkim on the…
[ad_1] Three generations of 70-year-old Mina Tamang’s family had lived and prospered on the banks of the river, in the commercial town of Singtam in Sikkim, 30 kilometres from the…
