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Twelve workers rescued from Himalayan power plant buried in mud after Indian glacier burst
A dozen workers have been rescued from a Himalayan power plant that was buried in mud and debris after an upstream glacier burst.
Key points:
- Twelve people were rescued but authorities are still trying to find 37 trapped under debris in a power plant
- The disaster has left at least 26 people dead and 165 missing
- Experts said the disaster could be linked to global warming
Thousands of soldiers, paramilitary personnel and police have been working day and night to reach about 37 people trapped in a power plant built on the side of the Alaknanda River at Uttarakhand in northern India.
Twelve workers from another plant under construction on the nearby Dhauliganga River were pulled to safety hours after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped…
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