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The floods have severely damaged the Chungthang dam that is the mainstay of a key hydropower project, the Teesta -3, situated along the Teesta river that courses through Sikkim, West Bengal and Bangladesh.

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Flash floods, believed to have been triggered after a lake, forming from the gradual melting of a Himalayan glacier, suddenly overflowed and inundated the Teesta river basin, destroyed Chungthang dam, a key component of the Sikkim’s largest hydroelectric project, and washed away highways, villages, and towns.

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Taking a serious note of the recurring flood threats to villages adjoining Vembanad Lake, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed the Chief Secretary to prepare a detailed plan for restoring and conserving the backwater system.

The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month

US city experienced wettest September in 140 years, with severe downpours last week causing many services to close