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Thu 07 Jul 2010Glacier water threatens homes
A pocket of water big enough to fill 20 Olympic pools, trapped inside a glacier on Mont Blanc, could burst at any time and endanger lives in a French Alpine valley, officials said today.
Researchers at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said 65,000 cubic metres of water discovered inside the Tete-Rousse glacier could explode and destroy everything in its path, including nearby villages and nearly 900 homes.
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