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XDarjeeling: Incessant rains throughout Saturday triggered landslides, causing widespread devastation in Kalimpong district and Darjeeling hills, leaving more than 20 persons dead and many missing. Mirik subdivision is the worst affected. Road connectivity has been disrupted throughout the Hills, including National Highway 10 and NH 110 (earlier NH55). The devastation was a rerun of the Teesta flash floods that wreaked havoc on October 4, 2023 in the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong.

While Darjeeling recorded 261mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours (recorded at 8:30 am on Sunday), Kalimpong recorded 166.4mm as per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, taking to X, expressed concern and said that she would arrive in Siliguri on Monday to ass

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