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How does a glacier burst? Flooding in India leaves 26 dead and 165 missing
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At least 26 people are dead and 165 are missing after a flood hit northern India on Sunday. The flood was caused when part of a Himalayan glacier broke off [usatoday.com] and sent a wall of water and debris down a mountain, sweeping away everything in its path.
Rescuers on Monday were trying to rescue 37 power plant workers [usatoday.com] who remained trapped in a tunnel.
More than 2,000 members of the military, paramilitary groups and police have been taking part in search-and-rescue operations in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
The flood was caused when a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off Sunday morning, releasing water trapped behind it.
“Everything was swept away, people, cattle and trees,” Sangram Singh Rawat, a former village council member of Raini, the site closest to the glacier, told local media [reuters.com], according to Reuters.
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