At least 10 dead, 82 missing in India glacial lake burst

The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least ten people, with 82 others still missing, according to officials. Violent flooding from glacier lakes dammed by loose rock has become more frequent as global temperatures rise and ice melts, with climate scientists warning they pose an increasing danger across the wider Himalayan mountain range.

Among the missing are 22 soldiers, the army said. One previously missing soldier was rescued.The water surge came after intense rainfall burst the high-altitude Lhonak Lake, which sits at the base of a glacier in peaks surrounding the world's third-highest mountain, Kang chenjunga.