Uttarakhand glacier burst leaves 7 dead, 125 missing; efforts on to rescue 30 trapped in tunnel, say officials Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project – were extensively damaged with scores of labourers trapped in tunnels as the waters came rushing in. FP Staff February 08, 2021 02:53:18 IST This frame grab from video provided by KK Productions shows a massive flood of water, mud and debris flowing at Chamoli District after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand on Sunday. AP
At least, seven bodies were recovered till late on Sunday night and 125 still missing after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and massive flooding along the Alaknanda, Dhauli Ganga and Ri
Because the glaciers are of the winter accumulation type, a decrease in precipitation may have caused this, the study said. The equilibrium line altitude swing suggests glaciers in the region have responded to deprived precipitation conditions since 1980, Bisht said. And while temperatures have been increasing since the 1980s, the study said, the glaciers are more sensitive to changes in precipitation. The larger context, however, is that of increased global temperatures. Mehta said, Against the backdrop of warming since the mid-1990s, accelerated glacial reduction could be correlated with increased global temperature.
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Show Captions p Locals inspect the site near damaged Dhauliganga hydropower project at Reni village, after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Sunday. (PTI) /p
Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 05:20 PM IST
Delhi has experienced yet another earthquake on Thursday, making it 12 earthquakes since June this year.
On December 17, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Delhi-NCR. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake, with a depth of five km, had its epicentre near Alwar district in Rajasthan.
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake struck the area at 11.46 pm. The tremors prompted people to rush out of their houses even as the mercury dipped because of the cold wave. The tremors were felt in parts of Delhi, Noida and Gurugram.