Nine dead and dozens missing after broken glacier floods Indian power plants Updated: 07/02/2021, 2:55 pm A massive flood of water, mud and debris was released after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in the Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India (KK Productions/AP) Indian authorities have launched a search operation after part of a mountain glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a number of homes. At least nine people were killed and 140 others were missing. A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in the Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand on Sunday morning, damaging the Rishiganga and Dhauliganga hydropower projects.