Floods in India: Did the nuclear equipment of spying lost on the glacier decades ago cause flooding in the village of Reni?
GETTY IMAGES Nanda Devi, India's second highest peak, is near the northeastern border with China Residents of a village in the Himalayas in India believe that nuclear spy equipment is buried under snow in the mountains around their village. So when the village of Renee was flooded in early February, the people there became frightened and rumors spread that "nuclear devices have exploded" and that they caused the flood. However, scientists believe that the flood in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand was caused by a broken piece of a large glacier. More than 50 people were killed in the floods earlier this month. But if you try to tell this to the people of Renee village, many people will not believe you at all. The people of Reni village are involved in farming and this small hill village is home to 250 families. "We believe that nuclear equipment could play a role in this flood," Sangram Singh Rawat, Sarpanch of Raini village, told me. How can glac...