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A man walks along a destroyed road in India's Sikkim state after a flash flood triggered by a glacial lake burst. Photograph: PANKAJ DHUNGEL/AFP via Getty Images At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials said on Friday, as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day. The Lhonak Lake in the mountainous northeastern state of Sikkim overflowed on Wednesday after a cloudburst triggered torrential rains and an apparent avalanche, causing major flooding in the Teesta river. It is one of the...
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December 25, 2023
07:45
Death toll in China earthquake rises to 149, two still missing after a week
Source: theprint.in
October 8, 2023
21:21
77 people die in floods in India after glacial lake bursts
Source: thejournal.ie
October 7, 2023
06:23
Death toll from Indian Himalayan flash floods rises to 42, scores still missing
Source: reuters.com
October 6, 2023
20:08
Death toll rises to 40 after glacial lake flooding in Indian Himalayas, dozens still missing
Source: ChinaTechNews.com
October 6, 2023
13:05
Sikkim’s Lhonak lake had a half-built warning system for glacial floods
Source: ChinaTechNews.com
October 6, 2023
00:12
Himalayan lake flooding in India kills 18, nearly 100 missing
Source: reuters.com
October 5, 2023
12:50
India floods: 14 killed and 102 missing after lake overflows and highways washed away
Source: ChinaTechNews.com
July 21, 2023
13:21
Chinese cities brace for floods as heat scorches inland regions
Source: reuters.com
