Time running out for Indian workers trapped since glacier disasterA dam along a river in Tapovan was severely damaged in the flash flood. TAPOVAN, India: Time was running out to save dozens of people trapped inside a tunnel three days after a devastating flash flood likely caused by a glacier burst in India's Himalayan north, officials said Wednesday. Many of the victims are poor workers from hundreds of miles away in other parts of India whose whereabouts at the time of the disaster may not be known. But miracles do happen," Piyoosh Rautela, a senior state disaster relief official told AFP. The disaster has been blamed on rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayan region caused by global warming.

Source: Bangkok Post February 10, 2021 05:03 UTC