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Added on the 10/02/2021 08:36:54 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood -- apparently triggered by a glacial burst -- smashed through two mountain dam projects. More than 170 people were still missing, two days after a wall of water and debris hurtled down a valley in the northern state of Uttarakhand. FRANCE 24's Mandakini Gahlot tells us more.
A glacier broke off a mountainside, triggering a deadly flash flood through a valley in Uttarakhand state early Sunday. Survivors recount their experience with one of them saying: "The difference between life and death was just two minutes."
A small Himalayan village in northern India bore witness to the devastating flash flood this month triggered by a glacier where scores were killed and roads, bridges and buildings destroyed. Residents of the village have been living in fear ever since and are leaving their homes to sleep at cowsheds several kilometres uphill. Experts blames rampant construction projects in the fragile Himalayan region for such extreme and unpredictable impacts.
A dog called 'Blackie' is stubbornly hanging around the entrance to a tunnel in Northern India, where rescuers are searching for people missing after floods triggered by a breaking glacier. An army officer says the dog was likely the pet of someone trapped inside.
Uttarakhand, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- After more than 78 hours of the avalanche that devastated an Indian Himalayan valley, rescue operations to save the missing people continued Wednesday without major progress.30 people who still went missing were presumably trapped in the tunnels as their families waited in agony to see if their loved ones were still alive. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA). SHOT LIST: THE AREA WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED IN UTTARAKHAND, INDIA.
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