itemprop=description content=Sikkim state authorities have set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people affected by the floods.
A truck lies on top of a submerged building after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall in north-east India
More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods, the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said, adding that state authorities set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people affected by the floods. Eleven bridges were washed away by floodwaters, which also hit pipelines and damaged or destroyed more than 270 houses in four districts, officials said.
Several towns, including Dikchu and Rangpo in the Teesta basin, were flooded, and schools in four districts were ordered to be shut until Sunday, the state’s education department said.Parts of a highway that links Sikkim, the state capital, with the rest of the country were washed away.
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