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At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India’s northeast, officials said on Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge. Violent torrents stuck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday after the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake in neighbouring Nepal.     Climate scientists warn that similar disasters will …

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