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A small Himalayan village in northern India bore witness to the devastating flash flood this month triggered by a glacier where scores were killed and roads, bridges and buildings destroyed. Residents of the village have been living in fear ever since and are leaving their homes to sleep at cowsheds several kilometres uphill. Experts blames rampant construction projects in the fragile Himalayan region for such extreme and unpredictable impacts.
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.
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
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.
Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood -- apparently triggered by a glacial burst -- smashed through two mountain dam projects. More than 170 people were still missing, two days after a wall of water and debris hurtled down a valley in the northern state of Uttarakhand. FRANCE 24's Mandakini Gahlot tells us more.
Les Aires Marines Protégées oeuvrent pour la nature dans le temps. Il est donc nécessaire de les multiplier pour sauver notre planète.
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