{"id":490504,"date":"2023-10-04T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=490504"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T05:25:20","slug":"sikkim-flood-army-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/sikkim-flood-army-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikkim: 23 Army personnel missing after flash floods destroy roads and bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A swift flood in the Teesta river in Sikkim&#8217;s Lachen Valley on Wednesday morning resulted in at least 23 Army personnel&nbsp;went&nbsp;missing. Defence officials revealed that some Army vehicles were swept away in the flash flood. A search effort has been started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the flash flood that have been caused by an eruption from a glacier lake, which destryoyed the Army trucks that were parked at Bardang near Singtam. In North Sikkim&#8217;s Chungthang, the water level climbed upstream to a height of up to 15-20 feet, wiping away a number of dwellings and infrastructure. The flash flood wiped away a part of NH-10 in Melli that connects Sikkim with West Bengal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the cloud burst in Singtam, a flash flood alert was issued throughout Sikkim. Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, assessed the flood-like situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NH10 near Melli badly damaged after Massive Flood in Teesta River<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sikkim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sikkim<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jFjeRyQ9JF\">pic.twitter.com\/jFjeRyQ9JF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Weatherman Shubham (@shubhamtorres09) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shubhamtorres09\/status\/1709407337273004538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A cloudburst was&nbsp;short, intense downpour that only affected&nbsp;a small area. A cloud burst is defined as a tiny area that experiences more than 100 mm of rain in about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quick flooding of a small region known as a flash flood can result from a number of different things, such as severe rain, cloudbursts, dam breaks, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last few days have seen significant rainfall in Sikkim. However, the glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), which is brought on by the failure of a dam enclosing a glacier lake, may be responsible for the flash flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GLOF reportedly took place in Lhonak Lake. A significant volume of water flowed into Teesta along with heavy rain. The flood scenario in the state is probably going to get worse because Sikkim is currently on red alert with a heavy rainfall warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to intense monsoon rains, the North Sikkim district suffered a disastrous flash flood earlier in June of this year. The Pegong area saw unusual severe floods, which caused the closure of NH10 and severely harmed the highway&#8217;s infrastructure, making it dangerous for any vehicular traffic. Areas like Lachen and Lachung were blocked off from the rest of the state as a result of the adjacent rivers overflowing as a result of the heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 2,400 tourists were left stranded in the area by the rapid flooding, and the Army was called in to conduct rescue operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the cloud burst in Singtam, a flash flood alert was issued throughout Sikkim. 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