Three dead, dozens missing after broken glacier floods Indian power plants

Government spokesman Ravi Bejaria said some houses were also damaged in the flooding.

A massive flood of water, mud and debris was released after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in the Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India (KK Productions/AP)

Indian authorities have launched a search operation after part of a mountain glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a number of homes.

At least three people were killed and 150 others were missing.