Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years.
Video evidence shows evacuations being carried out among coastal communities in Derna, prompting many people to move inland — and into the path of the coming flood.
The expansion could increase the height of a dam holding back mining waste to 255 metres — taller than Vancouver's highest skyscraper — without requiring an environmental assessment.
