The breach of one of the “largest, fastest-growing and most hazardous” glacial lakes in Sikkim, the South Lhonak lake, led to cascading floods that killed 55 people and washed away a 1,200 megawatt ...

On the night of October 3-4, 2023, thousands of people living along the Teesta River in Sikkim and West Bengal ... The flood originated at South Lhonak Lake, a large proglacial lake located ...

India has already experienced the scale of damage that glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF ... a significant GLOF originated in South Lhonak in Sikkim on October 4, 2023. It led to the catastrophic ...

Numerical modelling of the glacial lake outburst flood at South Lonak Lake, Sikkim, India, showing the progressive flooding of the Teesta River valley (top) and the observed and modelled erosion ...