Six bodies have been recovered from the Beas River three days after dozens of students were washed away when a dam released water without warning.
Six students are dead and 18 missing after dozens of them were washed away on Sunday, June 8, when a dam released a rush of water without warning in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Rescuers at the Beas River look for the missing students.
AP Photo/Aqil Khan
Forty-eight students from an engineering college in the southern city of Hyderabad were on a trip, and had stopped to take pictures on the rocky embankment of the Beas River nestled between hills.
AP Photo/Aqil Khan
This horrifying footage captured the exact moment when 24 students were swept away by a sudden flood of water discharged by a nearby hydropower plant. (Warning: Disturbing content.)
The students were taking photographs in what they thought was a shallow stream when suddenly the waters of the river rose eight feet. Scrambling and screaming for help, 24 students managed to escape, but 24 got washed away, along with a tour operator.
Three days after the tragedy, six bodies were fished out of the river by rescue workers. The tour operator and 18 other students are still missing as search efforts continue.
Relatives of Gampala Aishwarya who drowned in the flash flood mourn as they observe her last rites at their residence in Hyderabad.
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