The flooding of a river in the north of India, caused the rupture of a glacier in the Himalayas.

The first assessment, provisional, reports 3 dead and 150 missing.

In addition, 16 or 17 people are trapped in a tunnel, according to the state police of Uttarakhand.

At least three people have been killed and 150 missing after a river flooded in northern India, triggered by a glacier rupture in the Himalayas on Sunday, police said.

"We have located at least three bodies in the bed in the river. Our latest toll brings the number of missing to 150. And there are 16 or 17 people stuck in a tunnel," a spokesperson told AFP. of the Uttarakhand State Police.

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