A major landslide struck Rimbi village under the Yuksom-Tashiding constituency in West Sikkim late on September 24, damaging property and infrastructure following continuous rainfall in the area. No casualties have been reported so far.
The incident occurred as Sikkim remained under a weather alert issued by the Meteorological Centre, Gangtok, which forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the state over the following two days.
Gyalshing, Namchi and Soreng districts were placed under an orange alert for September 24 and 25. Heavy to very heavy rainfall was expected at isolated places in these districts on Thursday, while heavy rain was forecast on Friday.
Gangtok, Mangan and Pakyong were under a yellow alert for the same period, with heavy rainfall likely at one or two places.
The weather department forecast light to moderate rainfall at most places across Sikkim between September 24 and 26. Rain was expected at many places on September 27 before easing to a few places between September 28 and 30.
The warning level was expected to fall to nil across all six districts from September 26, with no significant warning forecast through October 1.
Gyalshing, Namchi and Soreng remained the areas of greater concern through Friday due to the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall. Weather conditions were expected to improve gradually across the state from the weekend.
