The floodwaters destroyed 270 homes, bridges, pipelines, schools and parts of a highway that links Sikkim, the state capital.
At least 31 people were killed and 100 are missing after torrents of ice-cold flood water decimated mountain towns inWaters of a glacial lake overflowed on Wednesday, cracking open Sikkim State's biggest hydroelectric dam before cascading through towns in the valley below.
There have been intense rainfall in the area recently, and a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck nearby Nepal on Tuesday afternoon may also have been a factor, experts said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said in a statement that the government would support state authorities. Disasters caused by landslides and floods are common in India’s Himalayan region during the June-September monsoon season.But scientists say they are becoming more likely as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers there.
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