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show that the lake's surface area shrunk by more than 100 hectares (247 acres). Based on a warning from the
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798:"Sikkim flood | 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc; PM Modi dials CM Tamang"
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5.76 million) in disaster relief funds. Additionally, the state government announced an
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carried downstream from Sikkim exploded after being picked up by locals.
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Choudhury, Subrata Nag; Hussain, Zarir (4 October 2023).
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