Glacial lake outburst flood kills 10 in Sikkim: What is GLOF, and why does it happen?
Flash floods occurred in north Sikkim after the South Lhonak Lake, a glacier lake located in the northwest region of the state, burst due to incessant rains. For years, numerous studies highlighted the lake’s rapidly growing size and marked it as susceptible to glacial lake outburst flood.
Source: indianexpress.com