Bengaluru, Oct 4 (PTI) The National Remote Sensing Centre, one of the ISRO centres, has conducted a satellite-based study on the outburst of the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim by obtaining temporal satellite images (before & after) over the water body.

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"It is observed that Lake is Burst and about 105 hectares area has been drained out (28 September 2023 image versus 04 October 2023) which might have created a flash flood downstream," an ISRO statement said on Wednesday.

The space agency said it will continue monitoring the lake further using the satellite data.

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At least eight people died and 69 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing today after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, officials said.

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