Although the Sikkim government pegged the toll at 19, officials of Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts said 21 bodies had been recovered from the Teesta so far
'There is a forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall (70mm to 200mm) during the next couple of days in Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Sikkim, and Birbhum and Murshidabad. A red alert on rainfall has been rung across Sikkim,' said a source in the regional Met office, Calcutta