Rain, landslides kill many in Nepal and India's Sikkim, thousands stranded

India's Himalayan state of Sikkim sees landslides and floods following torrential rains, with at least six people dead, as Nepal's neighbouring Taplejung has another four deaths.Drone footage shows Teesta River flowing through mountains, devastation to buildings on mountain slopes around Naga-Namgor village near Sikkim, India on October 10, 2023. / Photo: Reuters Archive

Another four people have been killed in Nepal's Taplejung district, which borders Sikkim, after a landslide following rains swept away the house in which they were sleeping, officials there said. "It's been raining continuously for 36 hours. The road to north Sikkim has been damaged in multiple locations, snapping connection to the district," said Hem Kumar Chettri, the district magistrate of Mangan.

The small Buddhist state of 650,000 people, wedged between Bhutan, China and Nepal, is a popular tourist destination but also faces natural disasters caused by extreme weather events in the Himalayas.

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