This handout photograph released by the Indian Army and taken on October 4, 2023, shows a flooded street in Lachen Valley, in India's Sikkim state following a flash flood caused by intense rainfall. - The Indian army said on October 4 that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. (Photo by INDIAN ARMY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / INDIAN ARMY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indian Army" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /40 people have been confirmed dead in a glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India, according to officials. Violent torrents stuck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday after the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake in neighbouring Nepal. “Nineteen bodies have been recovered” in Sikkim state, V.B.

Source: Punch October 06, 2023 18:12 UTC