Machines are used to clear a site next to a damaged dam after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, at Raini village in Chamoli district, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 12, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)

The death toll from last week's glacier disaster in northern India rose to 40 as rescuers found two more bodies, ANI news agency reported on Sunday citing the local government.

The disaster was set off when part of a glacier near Nanda Devi mountain broke off on February 7, unleashing a devastating flood on the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

According to ANI, 164 people are still missing.