Overview

• District and NDRF compilations confirm nine fatalities with two people missing, while a state minister cites preliminary reports as high as 17.
• The Dudhia (Dudia) iron bridge connecting Mirik with Kurseong and Siliguri collapsed, severing access and complicating relief efforts.
• Multiple slides have blocked major corridors including sections of NH10 and routes such as Mirik–Sukhiapokhri, with many tourists and residents stranded.
• Rescue operations by local authorities, police and the NDRF continue under persistent heavy rain, with temporary relief camps set up and evacuations in vulnerable areas.
• The IMD has issued a red alert for sub‑Himalayan West Bengal, and parallel flooding and landslides in eastern Nepal have killed at least 47, underscoring a wider regional emergency.