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Pakistan: Teams study bursting glacial lakes in northern areas

2014-05-25 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Dawn: Meteorologists have been rushed to investigate two glacial lakes that burst out in Gilgit-Baltistan region recently, causing flash floods and disrupting traffic on Karakoram Highway (KKH). Deputy Commissioner Hunza Usman Ali told Dawn that a lake formed atop the roughly 20 kilometre-long Hussaini glacier in Gojal Valley burst its banks at three or four points on May 7 and the rushing waters damaged some agricultural land but spared the settlements down below. Such floodwaters bring down a...

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