The man threw up his hands in relief while rescuers cheered with joy after yanking him from the tunnel, which was cut off on Sunday after a chunk of glacier broke off in the Himalayas.
Emergency workers in India on Monday raced against time to dig through mud and rocks choking a Himalayan tunnel after a devastating flash flood thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off killed at least 26 people. Most of those missing were workers at the two power plants, with some trapped in a U-shaped 2.7-kilometre (1.67-mile) tunnel in Tapovan that filled with mud and rocks when the flood hit.
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RISHIKESH, Feb 8 Eighteen people were confirmed dead today and at least 200 others were missing after a devastating flash flood in India thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off. The resulting wall of water and debris barrelled down a tight valley in India’s Himalayan.