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Sikkim flash floods

Watch: Road Connecting Mangan District With Other Places Gets Washed Away After Landslide In Sikkim

17 Jun 2024

India's smallest state Sikkim continues to witness Heavy rain and flash floods. Due to this, many landslide incidents are being reported. Recently, a road connecting Mangan District with other districts of the state was recently washed out after a landslide. Thus, cutting the connection between mangan and other districts of...

Death toll rises to 40 in Sikkim flash floods and 76 people are still missing

18 Oct 2023

An official statement on Tuesday stated that 76 people are still unaccounted for in the disaster-stricken state of Sikkim, where the death toll from the flash floods has risen to 40. As of right now, 4418 people have been evacuated from each of the four affected districts, according to the...

Sikkim flash floods: NDRF rescues 7 people in Singtam after a cloudburst

04 Oct 2023

Seven people were saved by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday in Singtam, Sikkim, from the effects of a cloudburst that caused a situation resembling a flood. One team from the NDRF has been stationed in Gangtok, and two more teams are stationed in Sikkim's surrounding regions. "Our...