Archive for May, 2010
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HUNZA KAHANI in Videos
Express TV Documentary – Hunza Kahani HUNZA KAHANI part 1 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br1e1vy-3nw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] HUNZA KAHANI part II [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECFAq40LZ7s&feature=
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This may be a Long Walk Home
Attabad Land slide captured by a passerby The Spill way which is not steep enough to assist an expected erosion By A Khokar May 31, 2010 This was expected that under the present plan the subject spillway/ barrier of Hunza Ri
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Attabad Dam out Burst; Red Alert
By A Khokar May 28. 2010 Reportedly the expected over topping (over flowing) of the spillway have started at a very low rate and hopefully all the access glacial water pouring into lake at its tail which is extended to some 8 to 10 mil
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New images and maps of Attabad
Report compiled by A Khokar Whilst we wait for news from Pakistan, here are two new resources that readers may find useful. First, NASA have released a new Aster image of the lake site, collected in the last few days. This is available her
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Attabad: Overtopping is now likely to be imminent
It is unfortunate timing that the likely day of overtopping has fallen on a Friday, the holy day in Pakistan, meaning that flow of information is impeded. As a result I have not yet had an update for today on the lake level. Jean Schneider
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Attabad Water Bomb: Siphon the water out and Drain the lake
Reportedly the lake level continues to rise. The estimates from satellite imagery suggest that the volume may have now exceeded 500 million cubic metres into Attabad Lake as weather is getting warmer and glaciers are melting fast. But the expecte
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Attabad: the freeboard is now reportedly about 1,3 metres
Thursday, 27 May 2010 The latest NDMA figures suggest that the freeboard is down to about 4.3 feet (1.31 metres) as of 3 pm today. That is a reduction of about 70 cm on the day, meaning that we are probably less than two days from the point of
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HUNZA IN FULL BLOOM in Video
By A Khokar While River Hunza is partially blocked at Atabad due to massive land slide and up stream it has formed a huge lake resulting in numerous village submerged in water and displacement of thousands of people. But the n
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Attabad: update report for 26th May
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 The combined monitoring effort appears now to be providing consistent measurements of the remaining freeboard, and these are now being used in the media, which is helpful. As of late last night the reported freeboard was
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Attabad – a bizarre race between two processes
Tuesday, 25 May 2010 Water filling the lake is continuously rising in the newly formed lake. It was expected that soon the water will start over flowing the spillway. But as soon as the water freeboard level[1] is over come and water ma
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