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REPORTER: We start with the latest on our[br]breaking news, India fearing dozens

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of people are dead after part of a [br]Himalayan glacier collapsed.

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It has sent a torrent of water rushing[br]down a river where a hydroelectric

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power station and several villages are[br]positioned.

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Several communities have been put[br]on high alert for flooding, and people

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are being evacuated further downstream.

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We have a look at it on the map, we're[br]talking very Northern parts of India here,

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up through close to the[br]Himalayas, obviously.

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This is Rishiganga, which is one of the[br]rivers which have been affected.

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And as the map swings around you'll get[br]an idea, first of all, of the proximity of

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the Himalayas there from where the[br]glacier has broken off,

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and then as you come down the Rishiganga[br]River, we find, uh, one smaller dam there,

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and then further down a large[br]hydroelectric project further downstream

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in one of the other rivers, I've just lost[br]it at the moment-- no, there it is.

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Uh, coming down here as well, the[br]Tapovan Mandir.

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So, a lot of villagers and, as we said, [br]two big hydroelectric projects are in

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the path of all of that water.

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Elizabeth Puranam is our correspondent[br]in New Delhi, she's on the line just now.

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What more are you hearing this hour, Liz?

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ELIZABETH: Hello Kamal, so, what we are[br]hearing is that this glacial burst in the

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state of Uttarakhand's Chamoli[br]district has triggered the avalanche

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of massive flooding along the [br]Alaknanda and Dhauliganga Rivers.

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Um, it's forced the emergency evacuation[br]of thousands of people from surrounding

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areas, damaged homes, and, um, the[br]nearby Rishiganga powerplant.

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A local official has told Indian media[br]that 100 to 150 people may have been

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killed in the flash floods.

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Um, border patrol officials have[br]also told Indian media that they fear

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there will be casualties because some[br]waterbodies flooded and destroyed many

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homes on the riverbank, and we can see[br]pictures of a massive flood, a torrent

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of water and debris moving through the[br]Dhauliganga River.

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[unintelligible] disaster response force[br]has said that more than 150 laborers

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working at the Rishiganga powerplant