Scores feared dead as glacier causes dams to burst in north India
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5DW42)
Around 140 missing and nine dead after floods force evacuation of villages and witnesses report avalanche creating wall of dust, rock and water
About 140 people are feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke off and caused a high velocity surge of water down a river, sweeping away one dam in its path and damaging another.
A frantic rescue mission began to recover the scores of bodies washed away when an avalanche of water, mud and rocks swept down a narrow gorge in Chamoli district, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
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