Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas ...

At midnight on October 3, 2023, a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) swallowed more than 100 lives, damaged 1,800 houses, and battered the 1,200 MW T ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

In October 2023, a multi-hazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalayas was triggered when earth and stones, which had accumulated ...

Sikkim Glacial Lake Outburst Flood was triggered by the collapse of 14.7 million cubic metres of moraine material in South Lhonak Lake, releasing 50 million cubic metres of water. This disaster ...

Sikkim's 2023 floods were driven by landslides, climate change, and glacier loss. A study calls for urgent risk management ...

Studying the shape of Suicide Basin and how it changes could give researchers a better sense of how much water could be ...

Proposal documents and the minutes of the January 10 meeting showed that one of the key concerns of the Environment ...