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How a flood in the Himalayas destroyed everything in its path
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Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for construction workers trapped by flood debris at the in-progress Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric dam in Uttarakhand, a state in northern India. Credit: Sajjad Hussain
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On Sunday morning a wall of thick, concrete-gray water rushed down India’s Dhauliganga river valley, sweeping dams, houses and people along with it. The official death toll has reached 38, but nearly 200 people remain missing. Flood debris filled a 12-by-15-foot tunnel at a hydroelectric dam project, where more than 30 construction workers remain trapped despite six days of rescue efforts by nearly 600 responders.
Uttarakhand floods: ‘Disasters happen when we do something stupid’
An interview with scientist Ravi Chopra about what caused the floods and what lessons are we failing to learn. Rescue operations underway in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Monday, February 8. | PTI
“Disasters happen when we do something stupid,” said Dr Ravi Chopra, a scientist and director of People’s Science Institute in Uttarakhand, referring to the floods that struck Chamoli district on the morning of February 7.
Twenty-six people have died and at least 170 people are still missing. Rescue operations are still ongoing as 35 workers of the National Thermal Power Corporation remain trapped in a tunnel. The force of the floods led to the destruction of the Rishiganga Power Project and damaged the Tapovan power plant.