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Vilange d'un lac glaciale : catastrophic flooding of Sikkim (India) in 2023 - Université Grenoble Alpes

Summary by Université Grenoble Alpes
On the night of October 3 to 4, 2023, thousands of people living along the Teesta River in Sikkim and West Bengal, India, had to evacuate their homes as a matter of urgency while a flood of water and debris was dragging down the river. This was a glacial lake overflow flood (GLOF), one of the most feared risks in Himalayas. In the end, the flood caused nearly 130 dead or missing and damaged nearly 26,000 buildings, 31 major bridges, 18.5 km of r…
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Vilange d'un lac glaciale : catastrophic flooding of Sikkim (India) in 2023 - Université Grenoble Alpes

On the night of October 3 to 4, 2023, thousands of people living along the Teesta River in Sikkim and West Bengal, India, had to evacuate their homes as a matter of urgency while a flood of water and debris was dragging down the river. This was a glacial lake overflow flood (GLOF), one of the most feared risks in Himalayas. In the end, the flood caused nearly 130 dead or missing and damaged nearly 26,000 buildings, 31 major bridges, 18.5 km of r…

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Université Grenoble Alpes broke the news in on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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