KOLKATA: The death toll from the devastating floods in Sikkim, has reached 40, according to officials. Army teams are now planning helicopter rescue missions to aid the thousands of people stranded in the floodwaters.
The flash floods struck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday following the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake near the borders of India, China, and Nepal. Climate scientists warn that such disasters are likely to increase in the Himalayas as global temperatures rise and ice continues to melt.
