At least 14 people are dead and 100 are missing after sudden heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in the north eastern Indian state of Sikkim.
Torrents of water surged down the Teesta River, raising water levels unprecedentedly high, after a “sudden cloudburst” erupted over Lhonak Lake Rotherham, on Wednesday,
A cloudburst is a heavy and destructive rainstorm.
More than 2,000 people have been evacuated and relief camps have been set up across the state to help more than 22,000 people affected by the flash floods.
A rescue mission has been launched for those unaccounted for, but the effort has been hampered by 11 collapsed bridges and roads destroyed by the water,, the government said.
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