Timely warnings avert loss of life from surging glacier in Pakistan
- 15-Jun-2022
On 7 May, as Pakistan reeled under an unusually long and severe heatwave, an ice-dammed lake burst in the Hunza valley of northern Pakistan. The flood swept away a historic bridge on the Karakoram Highway, destroyed six houses in Hassanabad village, agricultural land, orchards and two hydropower projects. Despite the severity of the disaster, no lives were lost. […]