125+ missing, flood in Himalayas caused by glacier breaking

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A piece of a glacier broke off high in the Himalayas on Sunday, causing a deadly flash flood that smashed through a hydroelectric power plant and destroyed homes in India. More than 125 people were reported missing.

India rushed disaster response teams to Uttarakhand, a mountainous northern state. Seven bodies have been recovered. Because of the rapid flow of the water, bodies were being recovered away from the disaster site, officials told local media.

Ashok Kumar, Uttarakhand?s police chief, said the avalanche occurred at 11 a.m. Authorities evacuated several villages downstream. ?The picture will be clear tomorrow morning,? he said, referring to the rescue operations and those missing.

Television channels aired footage of water barreling down a narrow canyon and sweeping away the power plant at its base. A second state-run power plant nearby also suffered extensive damage.
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?This looks very much like a climate change event as the glaciers are melting,? a leading scientist said.

The number of people missing and feared dead after a Himalayan glacier burst and unleashed a huge rush of water and debris that crashed into two dams in northern India jumped to more than 200 Monday.