West Sikkim landslide: Four dead, three missing after heavy rain At least four people died and three went missing after a landslide hit the Yangthang Constituency in West Sikkim late Thursday night

Sikkim Police released a video showing personnel navigating fast-moving floodwaters while holding onto ropes for support
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A year after a glacial lake outburst flood destroyed a dam and killed 57 in Sikkim, the government is rebuilding it.

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But with melting glaciers and risky terrain, is hydropower in the Himalayas a ticking time-bomb?

We travelled to Sikkim and Bengal to find out.

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Scientists: climate change decisive in 2023’s deadly lake outburst in Sikkim.
A new international study, published 30 Jan in SCIENCE, confirms disaster’s link to dirty energy.
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‘Catastrophic’ 2023 lake outburst in India driven by glacial melt and permafrost thaw - Carbon Brief Climate change played a key role in the “catastrophic” 2023 floods in the Himalayan state...

Read the full article at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/catastrophic-2023-lake-o...

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