Glacial Lake Outburst in Bhutan; Assam, Bengal Districts on Flood Alert
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Following reports of water flowing from Lake Shintafu in Bhutan, an alert has been issued in the Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal. Kumargram MLA and Forest Minister Manoj Kumar Oraon has appealed to people living along the Sankosh River to move to safer places.
A glacier lake burst in Bhutan has raised the risk of flooding in parts of West Bengal and Assam in India. Water has been gushing out of Bhutan's highly sensitive Xintafu Lake since Thursday night, prompting alerts in several districts of Bengal, including Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, and Darjeeling.
Officials in Assam and Bengal are monitoring the situation and assessing the flow of floodwaters and the potential danger to people living in downstream areas of the river.
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