More than 40 people were killed in India due to the overflow of the glacial lake
In the Indian state of Sikkim, due to the breakthrough of the dam caused by the overflow of the glacial lake, at least 41 people died , several dozen are listed as missing. About twenty thousand people were forced to leave their homes. Hundreds of villages, including in a neighboring Bangladesh , suffered from the flood. Water destroyed 15 bridges, blurred sections of the highway. Lake South Lhonak quickly expanded due to melting glaciers, partly caused by global warming.