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Cars lie submerged in water after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped the Rangpo town in Sikkim, India
More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods, the Sikkim state disaster management authority said in a statement, adding that state authorities set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people impacted by the floods. The Press Trust of India news agency cited a statement by neighbouring West Bengal state as saying that the bodies of four soldiers were found. However, it was not immediately clear whether they were among the 22 missing soldiers, or had died separately.Prime minister Narendra Modi’s office said in a statement that the government would support state authorities in the aftermath of the flooding
The flooding occurred along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley in Sikkim state and was worsened when parts of a dam were washed away.
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