Sikkim Flash Floods: Highlights

With almost a 78 people missing and a death toll of 38, flash floods in Sikkim are wrecking havoc on the state. Around 1 am on Wednesday, October 4tth, a glacial lake burst its banks after a cloudburst in the same area, which triggered a flood in the Teesta River. As the water flowed downhill, it hit the Teesta-III project in Chungthang, the state's biggest hydropower project, which contributed to massive flooding.