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As many as 197 people are missing while 20 have died in Sundays avalanche and flash floods in Uttarakhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament on Tuesday. He said the figures received from the state government may change and the situation is being monitored round-the-clock at the highest level by the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. Five more bodies were recovered on Tuesday taking the death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster to 31 as multiple agencies raced...

It is obvious that lessons have not been learnt from years of having to deal with floods from the monsoon or melting glaciers

About 170 people were still missing, including dozens who rescuers are racing to reach in hopes they could still be alive in a mud-choked tunnel.

The man threw up his hands in relief while rescuers cheered with joy after yanking him from the tunnel, which was cut off on Sunday after a chunk of glacier broke off in the Himalayas.

In Uttarakhand Disaster, the Handiwork of Climate Change Is Unmistakable 08/02/2021 Rescue workers outside a tunnel after the Uttarakhand flood on February 7, 2021, in Tapovan, February 8. Photo: Reuters/Stringer. Under the weight of a suspected avalanche, a massive chunk of ice and frozen mud broke away from a glacier in the high Himalayas and fell into a lake that had formed at its snout due to climate change. The moraine around the lake collapsed and a flash flood came roaring dow...

Read more about Uttarakhand flood: 16 labourers rescued, 7 bodies recovered, 125 missing on Business Standard. A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhands Chamoli district, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations

Updated Feb 08, 2021 | 08:58 IST The Indian Air Force conducted a recce of the area and confirmed that besides the Rishiganga Hydro project, the Tapovan dam was also washed off during the glacier burst in Uttarakhands Chamoli. Uttarakhand: Rishiganga hydro plant, Tapovan dam washed-off&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI Chamoli (Uttarakhand): A 13.2 MW small hydro project on the Rishiganga river was completely washed off due to the glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday. T...

According to GSI chief, a disaster like that witnessed in Uttarakhand is too difficult to prevent. Moreover, he cites as multiple reasons which could have triggered the glacier outburst.

Uttarakhand glacier burst Updates: Toll rises to 31, race against time to rescue those trapped in tunnel India Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 16:08 [IST] New Delhi, Feb 09: The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 31 with five more bodies being recovered, officials said on Tuesday as multiple agencies raced against time to reach about 30 workers trapped inside a tunnel in a power project site and 175 people remained missing. Here are the LIVE updates: Newest First Olde...