The Central Government has sanctioned the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project across vulnerable ...

Study reveals rapid glacier loss in eastern Himalayas, impacting freshwater availability and increasing risk of glacial lake ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas ...

On the night of 3 October 2023, a ridge of frozen rock and other debris on the side of the South Lhonak glacier – called a “lateral moraine” – collapsed into the glacial lake. This set off a ...

The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground ...

Sikkim’s Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

Sikkim Glacial Lake Outburst Flood was triggered by the collapse of 14.7 million cubic metres of moraine material in South Lhonak Lake, releasing 50 million cubic metres of water. This disaster ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.