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- A vehicle lies in the debris of damaged houses in the flood affected area along the Teesta river in Rongpo, east Sikkim, India, Sunday, Oct. 8. 2023. Rescuers continued to dig through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, shortly after midnight Wednesday, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to flee. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74
By WASBIR HUSSAIN AND ANUPAM NATH - Associated Press
Mon,10/09/23-1:55AM , 282 Reads
GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in India's Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open last week in intense rain, flooding a valley with glacial lake water and killing at least 74 people.
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- Buildings are inundated after flash floods triggered by sudden heavy rainfall swamped Rangpo town in Sikkim, India, Friday, Oct. 6. 2023. A flood that burst through a major hydroelectric dam in India's Himalayan northeast killed at least 31 people, officials said Friday, as ice-cold water swept through mountain towns, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. The flood began shortly after midnight Wednesday, when a glacial lake high in the mountains overflowed after a heavy rainfall. (AP Photo/Prakash Adhikari)
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Deaths rise to 47 after an icy flood swept through India's Himalayan northeast
By WASBIR HUSSAIN AND ANUPAM NATH - Associated Press
Sat,10/07/23-2:30AM , 159 Reads
GANGTOK, India (AP) —

Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to flee.
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