At least 40 individuals have been killed in flooding within the Indian Himalayan area, officers have mentioned.

The flood started on Wednesday when the waters of the glacial South Lhonak lake breached a hydroelectric dam, triggering flash flooding within the mountainous Sikkim area of northeastern India.

The flooding, which occurred alongside the Teesta River within the Lachen Valley, impacted the lives of at the least 22,000 individuals.

The dying toll was put at 18 by officers in Sikkim on Thursday.

In the neighbouring downstream state of West Bengal, officers informed journalists that emergency groups had recovered one other 22 our bodies that had been washed away.

Rescue employees have been looking for almost 100 individuals, together with 22 troopers, on Thursday, in response to the Sikkim state authorities.

The Indian military mentioned it was planning to evacuate almost 1,500 stranded vacationers from the area.

It is the most recent lethal flood to hit northeast India in a 12 months of unusually heavy monsoon rains.

Nearly 50 individuals died in flash floods and landslides in August in close by Himachal Pradesh state, whereas file rains in July killed greater than 100 individuals over two weeks in northern India.

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