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Multiple fatalities reported after a glacier breaks off in northern India, causing an avalanche




Up to 150 people might have perished after a glacier broke off in northern India, causing an avalanche that crashed into a hydroelectric dam.

The event sparked a huge surge of water that cascaded down and flooded villages downstream from the dam in the Dhauli Ganga river valley.

Local authorities have said that between 100-150 people might have died in the incident.

Rescue efforts are ongoing.

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