Chamoli tunnel flood: seven workers dead, rescue operations continue

In a town called Pipalkoti in India, a tunnel was being built to help make electricity from a river.

On Thursday evening, water and rocks suddenly rushed into the tunnel while workers were inside, and some workers got stuck.

Different reports say different numbers of people were trapped, so nobody is completely sure how many.

Rescue teams from the NDRF, SDRF, Army and other groups worked very fast to bring workers out safely.

Some reports say 16 or 18 workers were rescued, while another said only 10.

Sadly, some workers died, but the reports disagree about how many — one says seven, one says four, and one says nine.

Workers who came out were taken to hospitals in Gopeshwar and Pipalkoti, and most were reported stable.

Special teams even brought dogs to help search for people still inside.

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, told everyone to rescue the workers as fast as possible.

Rescuers are still searching for the people who remain inside the tunnel, and the cause of the flood is not yet known.