Rescuers search for 192 missing after glacier burst in India

Rescuers search for 192 missing after glacier burst in India

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Rescuers were looking for 192 people missing in the Indian Himalayas, including some trapped in a tunnel, after a part of a glacier broke away, sending a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley. Sunday's violent surge below Nanda Devi, India's second-highest peak, swept away a small hydro electric project called Rishiganga and damaged a bigger one further downstream. Bodies of 11 people have been recovered so far.

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