The monsoon has always brought 70% of … Indeed, Bhutan’s vulnerability to water-induced disasters is well known. A couple of flash floods in the east of the country damaged public infrastructure and destroyed paddy fields.
The hills of Bhutan, Sikkim and Darjeeling have been experiencing incessant rains since Sunday night. As the flood waters rush down the steep slopes, they destroy just about everything in their paths. Heavy torrential rains in Bhutan have led to flooding in north Bengal. Damage on Kauai was the worst from a natural disaster since Hurricane Iniki in 1992. More floods now. In the evening of June 26 last week, Bhutan got its first warning sign of a potentially stormy summer once again. The floods damaged or destroyed 532 houses. Bhutan is in a high rainfall zone and there is nothing new about its vulnerability to such disasters. Public damage totaled $19.7 million (2018 USD), and overall damage was estimated at over $125 million. There were damages to the embankment between Carron and Banarhat stations of Alipurduar division.