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The rise in water levels of the Teesta due to heavy rains, severe flooding, and a breach in a dam in India’s northeastern Sikkim has raised the possibility of flash floods in the northern parts of Bangladesh.

GUWAHATI, India: Indias army said on Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in northeastern Sikkim state.

GUWAHATI, INDIA (AFP) – The Indian army said yesterday 23 soldiers were missing after a flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. A video released by an Indian army spokesman showed a torrent of raging brown water sweeping down a forested valley, with roads washed away […]

India has been wary of China's growing military assertiveness and their shared frontier has been a perennial source of tension.

The disaster has affected the lives of 22,000 people, the authorities said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.

Bengaluru (AP): Sanjay Chauhan witnessed monsoon rains lash down over his home and farm in the Indian Himalayas this year with a magnitude and intensity he’s never experienced before. “Buildings have collapsed, roads are broken, there were so many...

India has experienced more property damage in this year’s monsoon season than in the past five seasons combined. The damage is worsened by climate change and exacerbated by unregulated development and lack of state preparedness.

The devastation of this year’s monsoon season in India has been significant, as the problem of climate changed-boosted rain is worsened by unregulated development.

In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.