Flights Cancelled, Tourists Stranded As Torrential Rains Hit North Bengal | Read
In North Bengal and Sikkim, torrential rains over the last 24 hours have triggered landslides in the hills. Roads have sunk, mountain rivers have damaged bridges and swollen rivers in the plains are flowing over the danger mark, endangering villages even across the border in Bangladesh. A cloudburst over the Kalimpong district in north Bengal last night turned the Teesta and its tributaries into raging rivers.
