(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, 08 FEB - Indian geologists and glaciologists are converging on the hypothesis that the root cause of the flood that killed at least 26 people yesterday in Uttarakhand, about 200 missing, was caused by a landslide, which would have dragged in down the glacier.
The Hindu newspaper writes it.
Sharat Chandra, director of the Central Water Commission, the Delhi research institute that is studying the causes of the disaster, told the newspaper: "It will take time to investigate the cause of the tragedy. Glacier collapses usually occur due to the presence of one or more more lakes under ice, "while" satellite and Google Earth records show no traces of such lakes in the area, "Chandra added. According to him, "further analysis, accurate reports on climatic conditions and data are needed to confirm that it was the glacier collapse." (HANDLE).
