Flood death toll rises to 74 in Indian Himalayan state

The dying toll after floods within the Indian Himalayan state of Sikkim has risen to 74, authorities officers say.

A minimum of 101 folks had been nonetheless lacking on Monday after a cloudburst triggered torrential rains and an obvious avalanche, inflicting main flooding within the Teesta river final week.

Round 2500 folks have been rescued and 2700 others evacuated by Sikkim authorities to shelters or safer areas with over a 1000 houses destroyed.

The flash floods, among the many most extreme within the area, which shares borders with Nepal, China, and Bhutan, occurred on October 4 when the Lhonak glacial lake overflowed, affecting greater than 60,000 folks.

The flooding was exacerbated by per week of relentless rainfall within the area with a glacial lake washing away houses and roads and brought about the Chungthang hydroelectric dam to overflow.

The collapse of the dam, one of many largest in India with the capability to generate 1200 megawatts, considerably worsened the flood state of affairs.

Sikkim within the Himalayas is susceptible to floods and pure disasters. Final yr, extreme flooding within the area displaced tens of hundreds and killed not less than 24 folks.

with EFE