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Uttarakhand, Feb 9 (EFE/EPA).- The recent Himalayan disaster in north India that killed 29 may have been caused by a landslide and not a glacial rupture as believed earlier, a geologist said on Tuesday after analyzing satellite imagery.The images captured before and after the disaster indicate that the massive flooding in the northern state of Uttarakhand was triggered by a pile of freshly-accumulated snow that collapsed into a ridge area, bringing columns of mud and rocks downstream.Santosh Kumar Rai, who heads the glacial studies at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in the state capital Dehradun, told EFE that it might not have been because of part of a glacial lake outburst as was widely reported earlier. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA). SHOT LIST: THE AREA WHERE THE DISASTER OCCURRED IN UTTARAKHAND, INDIA.
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.
The United States warns Israel that staging a military push into the southern Gaza city of Rafah without proper planning would run the risk of becoming a "disaster." State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel says Washington has "yet to see any evidence of serious planning for such an operation," adding: "To conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area" where one million people are sheltering "would be a disaster." SOUNDBITE
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, greets workers after they were rescued from a collapsed tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days. IMAGES
Indian rescuers dig through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks. IMAGES
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