Overview

• GSI said it issued an orange, high-risk landslide forecast around 2:15 pm on October 4 for Darjeeling blocks including Pulbazar, Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Kurseong, Mirik and Rangli Rangliot.
• About 28 people died after intense rain triggered multiple slides that destroyed homes and severed roads, with roughly 500 tourists reported rescued.
• Kurseong recorded about 393 mm of rainfall over October 4–5, exceeding levels known to destabilize slopes after the monsoon.
• The agency noted its operational bulletins are posted daily and were publicly available via the Bhusanket web portal and the Bhooskhalan mobile app.
• GSI and regional commentators warned that unplanned construction and blocked drainage channels heighten landslide risk, echoing a long October pattern that includes the 1968 catastrophe.