<p>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.</p> .Sikkim calamity in the north, rainfall in the south, affects several Bengal districts.<p>"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.</p>.<p>The space agency said it will continue monitoring the lake further using the satellite data.</p>.<p> 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. </p>
<p>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.</p> .Sikkim calamity in the north, rainfall in the south, affects several Bengal districts.<p>"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.</p>.<p>The space agency said it will continue monitoring the lake further using the satellite data.</p>.<p> 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. </p>