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/ February 8, 2021

Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst in Indian Himalayas, many believed trapped in tunnel

Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley. Sunday’s violent surge swept away a small hydro electric project called Rishiganga and damaged a bigger one further downstream. Most of the missing were people working on the two projects, one of the many the government has been building deep in the mountains of Uttarakhand state as part of a development push. Rescue workers were focused on a 2.5 km (1.5 miles) long tunnel where workers were believed trapped. Vivek Pandey, a spokesman of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, said 30-35 workers were believed to be inside the tunnel and that rescuers were trying to open its mouth and get inside. There had been no voice contact yet with anyone in the tunnel, another official said. On Sunday, 12 people were rescued from another tunnel. Videos on social media showed water surging through a small dam site, washing away construction equipment and bringing down small bridges. “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. Some 400 soldiers have been deployed to the site in the remote mountains, state authorities said. “We expect to carry on operations for the next 24 to 48 hours, ” said Satya Pradhan, the chief of the National Disaster Response Force. …

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/ February 8, 2021

18 dead, 200 missing after Indian glacier disaster

Eighteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 200 others were missing after a devastating flash flood in India thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off. The resulting wall of water and debris barrelled down a tight valley in India's Himalayan north on Sunday morning, destroying bridges, roads and hitting two hydroelectric power plants. "There was a cloud of dust as the water went by. The ground shook like an earthquake," local inhabitant Om Agarwal told Indian TV. The Uttarakhand state government said on Monday 18 bodies have been recovered, and chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said at least 200 people were still unaccounted for. Most of those missing were working at the two power plants. Some were trapped in two tunnels cut off by the floods and by mud and rocks. "If this incident happened in the evening, after work hours, the situation wouldn't have been this bad as labourers and workers in and around the work sites would have been at home," Rawat told reporters. Twelve people were rescued from one of the tunnels on Sunday but 25-35 more were still trapped in the second one, state disaster relief official Piyoosh Rautela told AFP. With the main road washed away, paramilitary rescuers had to scale down a hillside on ropes to reach the entrance. Emergency workers were using heavy machinery to remove tonnes of rocks. "Approximately 80 metres (260 feet) inside the tunnel is cleared and accessible. It appears that approximately 100 metres of debris inside the tunnel is yet to be cleared," said Vivek Kumar Pandey, another disaster official. Several hundred rescue workers resumed their search operation at first light on Monday including national and state disaster response teams, the army and navy diving teams. - Disaster movie - Scores of social media users captured the disaster, with footage showing water tearing through the narrow valley with terrifying force. "We were 300 meters inside the tunnel working. …

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/ October 29, 2020

Landslides kill 16, leave 37 missing in Quang Nam province

At least 16 people have died and 37 are missing after landslides hit two mountainous communes in Nam Tra My district, central Quang Nam province, on October 28. Of the victims, 45 are from Tra Leng commune, and the remainders from Tra Van commune, according to the provincial military command. (Photo: VNA) Efforts are made to seek victims of the landslidethatravaged Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province on October 28 evening. (Photo: VNA) Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on late October 28 issued a dispatch urging all necessary measures to rescue victims of a severe landslide that hit a mountainous communein Quang Nam province. In the photo: Efforts are made to seek victims of the landslidethatravaged Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province on October 28 evening. (Photo: VNA) The PM requested the disaster response committee, military forces and local authorities to coordinate with relevant forces, and use any measure necessary to promptly rescue the victims.(Photo: VNA) Rescue efforts have been difficult due to the impacts of storm Molave, which has triggered landslides and disrupted traffic from downtown Nam Tra My to the communes. (Photo: VNA) Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, head of the Central Steering Committee for Search and Rescue, instructs search and rescue work after landslides hit Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province (Photo: VNA) Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, head of the Central Steering Committee for Search and Rescue, instructs search and rescue work after landslides hit Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province. (Photo: VNA) VNA …

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