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While many are still missing and rescue teams find new dead, there are also some bright spots. Like when they managed to find a worker trapped inside a tunnel that had collapsed (See clip above).
When the Himalayan glacier collapsed, large bodies of water flooded into a pond in the Chamoli district of northern India.
Many of those who work at two hydroelectric plants have probably been carried away by bodies of water.
A spokesperson for the hydroelectric plant says at least 150 people were working at the two plants when the disaster struck.
So far, nine people have been confirmed dead and 140 are missing, reports the AP news agency.
When the glacier collapsed, the water that had been dammed in the glacier also came out.
This phenomenon is called Jøkulhlaup.
Glaciers CREATE FLOODS: A glacier in the Himalayas collapsed and created floods in northern India.
Jøkulhlaup
Jøkulhlaup, which is an Icelandic word, denotes floods and floods caused by flash floods of wide lakes.
You can read more about this phenomenon in the case When the glacier took over the town.
Witness talks about the drama
Videos on social media show that parts of a dam are collapsing and that construction machinery is being swept away.
A witness tells the news agency that there was a wall of dust, stones and water when the landslide occurred, the news agency writes.
“It came very quickly, there was no time to notify anyone,” Sanjay Singh Rana told Reuters by phone.
– I thought we too would be dragged, he says.
Alarm in various places
The incident caused a sharp rise in the water level in the Dhauliganga River, reports the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times.
Alarms have been sounded in various areas of the north of the country and authorities are in the process of evacuating the inhabitants of the affected areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes on Twitter that he is following the situation and praying for those affected.
Exposed area
Uttarakhand in the Himalayas is an area prone to flooding and landslides. In June 2013, record rains caused a flood that claimed nearly 6,000 lives, writes Reuters.
The incident was dubbed the “Himalayan tsunami”.
Many houses were buried in bodies of water that brought with them rocks and mud.
NORTH INDIA: The flood occurred in the Chamoli district in northern India.
