인도 히말라야 빙하 눈사태로 홍수...150백여 명 실종•사망
Over in the Himalaya mountains of northern India, a tsunami-like flood swept downstream as a glacier broke off, triggering an enormous avalanche.
The catastrophe, has resulted in some 150 people either missing or dead.
For more on this and other news around the world, we have Choi Jeong-yoon.
Jeong-yoon what's the latest at the scene?
Mokyeon, a massive search-and-rescue operation is underway in northern India.
At least 14 people were killed and 140 are missing after a glacier collapsed and slammed into a hydropower project sweeping away workers at the site on early Sunday.
Authorities say the number could rise.
A dozen were rescued from being trapped in a tunnel.
Many of the missing are thought to be workers at the dam.
Locals reported a wall of dust, rock and water that roared down the river valley.
This is how one eyewitness described the scene.
"...I witnessed something that looked like a scene from a Bollywood film. I have never seen anything like what I saw there. About 50 to 100 people were running for their lives but could not be saved and were engulfed by the river."
India's Prime Minister said he was closely monitoring the situation.
The Indian Air force were also deployed to help with rescue operations.
Northern parts of India are prone to flash floods and landslides with record rainfall causing a devastating flood that killed 6-thousand people 8 years ago.
Such disasters have prompted calls by environmental groups for a review of power projects in the ecologically sensitive mountains.
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2021-02-08, 07:00 (KST)
