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India: Flash Flood: 2012/09/21 Country Information on DRR

Period 2012/09/21
Country or District India
Event Type Flash Flood
Outline Flash flood killed 22 people, triggered a series of landslides in north Sikkim, India amid torrential rain on 21 September 2012.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Reuters AlertNet 2012/09/24
Floods and landslides caused by relentless rain in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced more than a million over the past week, officials said on 24 September. At least 21 people were killed in landslides and another eight were missing in the mountainous state of Sikkim. In Assam, eight people were killed and 20 were missing.

Times of India 2012/09/23
Till now, 30 persons are reported missing, but the numbers could increase as we have not been able to access the area between Mangan and Chungthang yet