Following days of torrential rain in the northeastern state of Sikkim, torrents of water swept down narrow river valleys from Lohnak Lake ... to escape before the flash flood hit.

The South Lhonak lake in the Himalayan state of Sikkim breached on the night of ... conducting research on the GLOF, noted that before the flood, the lake’s area was 1.62 sq.

a 2021 study warned it was just a matter of time before a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, caused massive devastation downstream. As one of Sikkim’s largest and fastest-growing glacial ...

have revealed how a possible avalanche led to the outburst of the Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim which led to a flash flood in the Himalayan state, killing scores and washing away roads, bridges and ...

Army jawan from Odisha dies in Sikkim flash flood An Army jawan from Odisha ... Mr. Singh described the glacial lake burst at Lonak in Sikkim as “deeply heart-wrenching” and said relief ...

A total of 103 people, including the 15 jawans, remained missing after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim ... before moving downstream in spate flooding towns and villages. The flood ...

Sikkim Flood ... in Lhonak Lake, resulted in a significant accumulation of water. This deluge shifted towards the Chungthang dam, causing damage to the power infrastructure before rushing ...

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The disaster in brief In the wee hours of Wednesday the 4th October 2023, a Glacial Lake Outburst Flow (GLOF) of South Lonak ... gates but before the gates could be opened, the flood water reached ...

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 ...