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The government of Sikkim declared the flood a disaster, and the Indian central government released ₹48 crore ($5.76 million) in disaster relief funds. [a] [10] [13] Additionally, the state government announced an ex-gratia compensation of ₹4 lakh ($4804) to the families of those who died, as well as an immediate payment of ₹2,000 ($24) to those in relief camps. [14]
Flood waters inundate buildings along the Teesta river in Sikkim, India, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. - Indian Army/AP People inspect the damage from flash flooding in Sikkim, India on Wednesday, Oct ...
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 ...
Lhonak Lake in Sikkim state overflowed on Wednesday, causing major flooding that authorities said had impacted the lives of 22,000 people. It is the latest deadly weather event in South Asia's ...
8 2023 Teesta Flash Floods. 9 See also. 10 References. ... Sikkim's potential share is 2.9%, or about 4.29 GW. ... Syeda Rizwana Hasan, told news agency PTI (Press ...
1.26 km 2 (0.49 sq mi) Max. depth. 79.24 m (260.0 ft) Surface elevation. 5,200 m (17,100 ft) South Lhonak Lake is a glacial - moraine-dammed lake, located in Sikkim 's far northwestern region. [2] It is one of the fastest expanding lakes in the Sikkim Himalaya region, and one of the 14 potentially dangerous lakes susceptible to Glacial lake ...
The flooding took place along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley of India’s state of Sikkim, and was worsened when parts of a dam were washed away, the New Delhi Television channel said.
A cloudburst is a enormous amount of precipitation in a short period of time, [1] sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. Cloudbursts can quickly dump large amounts of water, e.g. 25 mm of the precipitation corresponds to 25,000 metric tons per square kilometre (1 inch corresponds to 72,300 ...