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Glacier burst floods vast area in Hunza [1]

A glacier burst caused a second flooding in four days in Upper Hunza on Sunday, damaging orchards and villagers' property. The flooding suspended traffic on the Karakoram Highway. Last Thursday, the glacier's snout had blocked the regular flow of a river in Gulkhin village, causing a flood that disrupted life and communication in Gojal tehsil, some 145 kilometres north of Gilgit and close to the border with China. Traffic was resumed in the area on Friday after the Chinese engineers along with FWO personnel working on the KKH expansion project repaired the road.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2008
Dawn (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Glaciers [3], Climate Change [4], Natural Disasters [5], Floods [6]
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