14 dead after India glacier collapse: government

Publish: 7:40 PM, February 8, 2021 | Update: 7:40 PM, February 8, 2021

NEW DELHI,  – Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday after a chunk of glacier dislodged and unleashed a devastating flash flood in India, officials said.

“A total of 15 people have been rescued and 14 bodies have been recovered from different places so far,” the state government of Uttarakhand, in the country’s north, said on Twitter a day after the disaster.

Officials said at least 125 people were still missing.