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More than 100 people are missing in India’s northeast after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst, leading to flash floods which ripped through the Himalayan state of Sikkim Wednesday, killing at ...
News India » Sikkim » People: "India is merging with Sikkim, not the other way round."
Pawan Chamling, chief minister of Sikkim, has three overriding concerns: security, sustainable development, and maintaining Sikkimese identity. Nepali Times spoke with him in Gangtok last week about ...
News India » Sikkim » People: Floods in India’s Sikkim kill 10; dozens including 23 army soldiers missing
At least 10 people have been killed in India’s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, are missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak Lake to overflow, spurring ...
News India » Sikkim » People: Ecological Disasters in Sikkim: A Skewed Security-Development Balance in the Himalayas?
A bulldozer remover mud and sand to recover vehicles and missing people along the Teesta river in Singtam, , east Sikkim, India, Oct. 8. 2023. Alongside factors such as climate change, local ...
News India » Sikkim » People: Glacial Lakes Threaten Millions in a Warming World
“We saw houses vanish in front of our eyes,” says Aadesh, an engineer living in the northern Indian state of Sikkim. One of them was his own. In the early hours of October 4, Lhonak Lake—a Himalayan ...
News India » Sikkim » People: Death toll rises to 14 in India’s Sikkim flooding, dozens still missing
The death toll has risen to at least 14 people after flooding in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim that came after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to overflow. At least 26 people were ...
News India » Sikkim » People: 40 high-hazard glacial lakes identified in Sikkim
India, Sept. 5 -- The eastern Himalayan state of Sikkim has identified 40 high-hazard glacial lakes, with 16 of them classified as being at the highest risk of catastrophic outbursts that could ...
News India » Sikkim » People: More than 1,000 people stranded in India’s Sikkim after landslides
More than 1,000 people were left stranded in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim after landslides in the high-altitude region cut off access to several areas. Incessant rainfall over the last few ...