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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: India's 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.