On the night of October 3-4, 2023, thousands of people living along the Teesta River in Sikkim and West Bengal, India, had to urgently evacuate their homes as a surge of water and debris rushed down ...

A reconstruction 1 of the the 2023 Sikkim floods ... weakening the frozen moraine that once acted as a natural dam. “We found abundant permafrost around the lake and in the lateral moraine ...

Kupup Lake is shaped like an elephant and is one of the highest lakes in Sikkim. It remains partially frozen in winter and is known for its pristine beauty. Aritar Lake: One of the oldest natural ...

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has sanctioned ₹550 crore for the damage to the infrastructure and other losses that Sikkim had borne during the devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ...