Sikkim flash flood: 23 Army jawans missing after cloudburst triggers flash floods | Oneindia News
At least 30 people including 23 army personnel have been reported missing and six bridges were washed away in north Sikkim late on Tuesday night after the water level in the Teesta river rose suddenly because of a possible cloud burst in high-altitude areas of the Himalayan state.
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00:00 At least 30 people, including 23 army personnel, have been reported missing and six bridges
00:19 were washed away in North Sikkim late on Tuesday night after the water level in the Tista River
00:24 rose suddenly because of a possible cloudburst in high altitude areas of the Himalayan state.
00:31 A massive search has been launched to locate the missing soldiers, the army said.
00:35 Some army vehicles, which were parked at Bardang near Singtam, submerged when the flash flood
00:41 occurred, triggered by possibly a glacial lake outburst.
00:45 The situation was further exacerbated by the discharge of water from the Choomkhang Dam,
00:50 causing downstream water levels to rise significantly.
00:54 The water level rose up to 15-20 feet high downstream, washing away several buildings
00:59 and structures in North Sikkim's Choomkhang.
01:02 A portion of NH10 in Meli connecting Sikkim with West Bengal was washed away in the flash
01:07 flood.
01:08 Sikkim has received heavy rain through the night.
01:11 A cloudburst over Lonak Lake in North Sikkim caused it to overflow and pushed up the water
01:16 levels in Tista River.
01:18 The Tista River flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh.
01:22 The Sikkim administration has issued a high alert to the residents.
01:25 Videos recorded and shared by local residents show roads washed away and the river in spate.
01:32 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday took stock of the situation.
01:36 The army is also battling operational challenges in the rescue operations as the internet connectivity
01:42 is low in the area.
01:43 Officers who are at the command level are finding it difficult to connect with people
01:47 on ground.
01:48 Efforts are on to rescue the missing.
01:50 A very sudden and heavy rainfall which is confined to a small area is called a cloudburst.
01:55 When a small area receives more than 100 mm of rain in around one hour, it is said to
02:01 be a cloudburst.
02:03 A flash flood is the sudden flooding of a small area which can be caused by various
02:07 factors including heavy rain, cloudburst, dam break etc.
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