GUWAHATI, India -- The Indian army said Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state.
A video released by an Indian army spokesman showed a thick torrent of raging brown water sweeping down a thickly forested valley, with roads washed away and power lines ripped down.
The army said water released upstream from the Chungthang dam meant the river was already more than 4.5 metres higher than usual. China and India, who fought a border war in 1962, have posted tens of thousands of troops into border zones. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said emergency services were working to support those impacted by the ferocious floods.
The monsoon occurs when summer heat warms the landmass of the subcontinent, causing the air to rise and suck in cooler Indian Ocean winds, which then produce enormous volumes of rain.Melting glaciers add to the volume of water while unregulated construction in flood-prone areas exacerbates the damage.
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