Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

A Newcastle University student has contributed to a major international study which has identified the exact causes and ...

Sikkim’s Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a ...

Proposal documents and the minutes of the January 10 meeting showed that one of the key concerns of the Environment ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Himalayan tsunami study reveals 2023 Sikkim flood details, warns of repeat disasters due to climate change impact.

On the night of 3 October 2023, a ridge of frozen rock and other debris on the side of the South Lhonak glacier – called a “lateral moraine” – collapsed into the glacial lake. This set off a ...

Sikkim's 2023 floods were driven by landslides, climate change, and glacier loss. A study calls for urgent risk management ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas ...

In October 2023, a multi-hazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalayas was triggered when earth and stones, which had accumulated ...