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Added on the 09/02/2021 05:29:35 - Copyright : AFP EN
Indian rescue workers are looking for survivors, with the help of sniffer dogs, as they struggle to dig away tonnes of rocks and mud in a choked Himalayan tunnel three days after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a burst glacier in India's Himalayan north IMAGES
Images of emergency workers at a dam in northern India that was damaged after a chunk of glacier broke up and unleashed a devastating flash flood. It killed at least a dozen people and left more than a hundred missing. IMAGES
Emergency workers use front loaders to clear debris at a tunnel after deadly flash floods, caused by a burst glacier in northern India, wrecked havoc. Most of those missing were working at two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks. IMAGES
Rescuers scramble to find survivors after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Indonesia, triggering a landslide. IMAGES
Indonesians in West Sumatra inspect damage to their village from flash floods. At least 34 people were killed by flooding and cold lava flow after hours of heavy rain, while another 16 are missing, according to the West Sumatra disaster mitigation agency. IMAGES
Rescue workers in the South African city of George are battling to save dozens of people, including many still unaccounted for, after a residential building collapsed killing at least six. The five-storey apartment block caved in on Monday (May 6) afternoon while under construction, municipal authorities from the coastal city said. IMAGES