Lake landslide in Pakistan

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Five months ago, on Jan. 4, 2010, in a remote valley of Hunza in northern Pakistan  strongest landslide buried a village Attabad, destroying 26 houses, killing 20 people and blocking the river Hunza.  As the newly-lake authorities rushed to evacuate local residents and help victims of the landslide.  Now the lake is 91 meters deep and 16 km in length, it absorbed most of the highways, farms and homes.  Earlier this week, the lake reached the top of the natural dam and began pouring. This rapid erosion of landslide debris  forced the authorities worried about the potential breakthrough of the dam, and local residents began to leave their homes.



Nearby residents came to the place of the strongest of the landslide happened in the valley of Hunza on January 5.



Newly-formed lake because of the overlap of the river Hunza (in the photo a few days after the landslide).



"Fractures of the lake" seen in the ground, not far from what was left of the village Attabad February 1. Geologists «FOCUS» warn that in some places fissured rock may fail at any time.



Another view of the rapidly growing lake, formed after the landslide. Photos taken with the fact the place where once was a village Attabad February 1.



Local volunteers conduct search operations on the former site of the village Attabad January 6.



The funeral of the victims of the landslide in the valley of Hunza on January 6.



Men go on landslide debris in the valley of Hunza on January 7. In the background you can see the lake.



Since the only road leading to the village was under the rubble, authorities resorted to the helicopters to evacuate residents and bring the affected provisions.



To produce lift cargo, and to take a wooden boat to the lake, where it will be used for evacuation and delivery of provisions, was hired heavy machinery



In this picture, made on April 30, local residents are transported to China, its transportation by boat on the lake, which cut off part of the highway. Lake is about to overflow its banks, and authorities feared the possible flooding, which will leave thousands of people homeless.



In this picture, made on 11 March, Pakistani transporters with goods imported from neighboring China, transporting them across the lake. Strong landslide formed a natural dam in the valley of Hunza, which is now absorbed by banks and spreads more and more. If the dam burst, flooding threatens the inhabitants of the villages down the hillside.



Helicopter view of the natural dam formed after the landslide. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes this week in northern Pakistan because of fears that the lake could break the dam.



Aerial view of the natural dam in the village Attabad, northern Pakistan.



Aerial view of the lake, swallowing villages in the Hunza River.



Sishghat Villagers living near a lake formed after the landslide, collect their belongings, preparing to evacuate.



Women living near the landslide lake and cut the barley in a field in the village Sishghat May 24.



The water level in the lake rises, and the locals are now being built bridges for evacuation and delivery of food. Overlooking the rear of the column left of the "Friendship Bridge", which is under construction instead of the partially destroyed road.



In this image made from space, visible to the overlap of the Hunza River and spreads out of the lake, then another 11 km in length, has acquired several villages and part of the Karakoram highway.



Columns now under construction "bridge of friendship" instead of the Karakoram highway, now submerged,



While the boats, carrying people on the new lake, greatly helped those who suffer, their safety is still a major concern.



Pakistani soldiers are helping the villagers to climb aboard a military helicopter in the village Altitin in the Hunza River. Due to the massive flooding that could occur in northern Pakistan, hit 40 000 people in 1934 villages. It is hastily evacuated to a safe place



Children walking past the tents, set for refugees affected by the landslide lake in the village Attabad.



The girl was crying, along with other protesters during the announcement of the government provide compensation to refugees affected by the landslide lake



Residents of the valley Gojayev floating on the lake, the water level which rises daily



In this photo made from a military helicopter of the lake, growing in the natural dam caused by the landslide.



February 28 is the second largest bridge on the highway Karakura plunged into the water of the lake between the two largest settlements in the valley - Shishkat and Gulmi. At that time the bridge is closed to passage



Workers dig up the drain with the help of heavy machinery to make a little water from the landslide lake.



Bulldozers are equal to the earth to make a drain for water from the landslide lake near the village of Attabad.



People from the settlement Gojayev things are essential to place the landslide on January 12.



People climb the 200-meter landslide deposits, to get to the boat, heading into the valley Gojayev March 28.



Some of the trees not long destined to bloom this year.



Flooded orchards and homes of the villagers Ainabad May 8. Hard work, at least three generations was destroyed by the landslide.



The gate near the orchard and partly in the water in the upper valley of Hunza on April 14. About 40 houses in the villages and Ainabad Shishkat Pain was almost dismantled the stones to save valuable for people objects.



Partially sunken pedestrian bridge in the upper valley of Hunza on May 7.



Huge clouds of dust raised during the landslide January 6 - the second day of the catastrophe at the village Attabad.



ASTER instrument on the Terra satellite took this picture landslide lake on 1 June. Now this lake is 16 km in length. In comparison with the image number 19, made 10 weeks earlier, we can see that the lake has risen to 5 km. The water here is shown in different shades of blue. Bare rocks are shown in brown and gray tones.



When the lake began flowing in the drain, which was cut by the workers, increased water flow, but it still does not compare with the stream flowing into the lake from the river Hunza. Moreover, as is evident from these two images, the flow of eroding landslide deposits, which again is beneficial to the lake. Just a few months, the strongest flow of water can simply pull down the dam and flood the surrounding areas. Scientists and authorities monitor the situation in some of the most dangerous areas have already started evacuation operations.

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