19 Bodies Recovered at Flood Site; 80 Missing

Searchers digging through mud in northern India recovered the bodies of 19 people killed by a flash flood at a construction site, police said. About 80 other people were missing and feared dead.

The victims included workers at the Parbati hydroelectric project being built in a remote hill area in Himachal Pradesh state. Many were asleep in their tents when the flood hit, police said. Most of the victims were migrant workers, and officials said some children were also at the site.