Heavy rains continued in Sikkim since last Sunday. They caused massive landslides across the mountainous state.
A massive landslide triggered by rains in the northern Indian state of Sikkim has killed at least nine people and left around 2,000 tourists stranded on destroyed roads and devastated the bridges. Hindustan Times reported this.
In the most affected northern region of the state, bordering China, more than 220 mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours while the other five districts during the same period had 30-50 mm of rain, which as well as a relatively tall figure.
Heavy rains continued in Sikkim since last Sunday. At the start of the week, more than 100 mm of rain was recorded daily, causing floods and massive landslides across the mountainous state.
According to local authorities, as a result of the bad weather, many roads in the region were washed away and blocked, including several major highways, power lines and water pipes were destroyed, and dozens of houses and houses were flooded.
At least nine people are known to have died and nearly 2,000 tourists were trapped in various places.
Meteorologists have warned of continued heavy rains in the coming days and a high risk of further large landslides in the next four to five days. Therefore, a high red landslide alert level has been declared in Sikkim, while the remaining five districts remain a notch lower.
We remind you that heavy rain has caused flooding in streets, basements and landslides in the German state of Saarland.
It was also reported that nearly half of Kenya was engulfed in flash floods, killing dozens of people.
Source: korrespondent
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