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A glacier broke off a mountainside, triggering a deadly flash flood through a valley in Uttarakhand state early Sunday. Survivors recount their experience with one of them saying: "The difference between life and death was just two minutes."

Added on the 09/02/2021 05:29:35 - Copyright : AFP EN

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