{"id":11507,"date":"2023-10-06T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/death-toll-in-india-glacial-lake-flood-hits-40-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:20:11","slug":"death-toll-in-india-glacial-lake-flood-hits-40-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/death-toll-in-india-glacial-lake-flood-hits-40-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in India glacial lake flood hits 40 | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India’s northeast, officials said Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge.<\/p>\n

Violent torrents stuck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday after the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake near India’s borders with Nepal and China.<\/p>\n

Climate scientists warn that similar disasters will become an increasing danger across the Himalayas as global temperatures rise and ice melts.<\/p>\n

Downstream search-and-rescue teams recovered more bodies overnight as the waters cut a swathe through the countryside towards the Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n

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“Nineteen bodies have been recovered” in Sikkim state, V.B. Pathak, its top civil servant, told AFP.<\/p>\n

Shama Parveen, a district magistrate in neighbouring West Bengal, said that an additional 21 bodies had been recovered in her state over the past three days.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 8,000 others were taking shelter at makeshift relief camps set up at schools, government offices and guesthouses, according to a state government bulletin.<\/p>\n

“There may be a window of opportunity for evacuation of stranded tourists by helicopters” with weather conditions improving on Friday, the statement added..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n