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

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

February 8, 2021 09:07 am

LUCKNOW, Feb 8: 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.

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