In Sikkim, India, flash floods caused by cloudbursts claim 10 lives and leave over 100 people missing.

Stranded tourists crossing a river with the help of Border Roads Organisation personnel in Chungthang, in the Indian state of Sikkim, due to landslides amid torrential rains. — AFP/File

The number of missing individuals has increased to 102, including 22, according to Indian police, who said on Thursday that at least 10 people have died after flash floods destroyed the northern state of Sikkim.

Over 3,000 visitors were left stranded and 14 people perished as a result of the severe floods brought on by the big cloudburst, which prompted the state administration to send hundreds of search and rescue personnel to help the afflicted districts.

23 persons were previously reported missing as a result of the floods.

According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he assured Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang of his support in a conversation on Wednesday.

After a cloudburst on Tuesday night, the state's Lhonak Lake breached its embankment, causing an alarming rise in water in the Teesta River.