A glacier lake in Sikkim State overflowed flooding many villages.

锡金邦的一个冰川湖泛滥，淹没了许多村庄。

Some believe Sikkim's small size - with just over 600,000 people - helped make the campaign a success.

一些人认为，锡金邦只有60多万人口，规模较小，这有助于宣传活动并取得成功。

A huge search operation is underway in India after more than 20 soldiers were swept away during flash flooding in Sikkim state.

印度锡金邦发生山洪，二十多名士兵被洪水冲走，目前印度正在进行大规模的搜救行动。

Indian officials say that at least 77 people are now known to have died in the floods which struck the northeastern states of Sikkim and West Bengal on Wednesday.

印度官员说，目前已知至少有77人在周三东北部锡金邦和西孟加拉邦的洪水中丧生。

He pictured the long, arduous journey, and that eventual moment of arrival at some planter's bungalow in Sikkim or Baltistan -a moment which ought, he felt, to be deliriously cheerful, but which would probably be slightly disappointing.

他描绘了漫长而艰苦的旅程，以及最终到达锡金或巴尔蒂斯坦某个种植园主的平房的那一刻——他觉得这一刻应该是狂喜的，但可能会有点失望。