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The water surge came after rainfall burst Lhonak Lake, which sits at the base of a glacier in peaks surrounding the world’s third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga.

Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern...

Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern...

10 persons have been confirmed dead, while 82 are missing in a glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India, according

Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern...

Infrastructure -including roads and bridges - in the Himalayan region of India have also been severely damaged amid the devastating flash floods.

It is possible that strong permafrost degradation in the vicinity of the lake may have destabilised the dam, which may have then failed upon an exceptionally strong rainfall event, said an expert.

"At least 10 people were killed and 102 others reported missing," Prabhakar Rai, director of the Sikkim state disaster management authority

Rescue teams from India looked for 102 people missing on Thursday after a high-altitude glacier lake burst in a horrific flash flood that

Authorities said roads had been “severely” damaged and that 14 bridges had been washed away.