Key public infrastructure including roads, schools and government buildings were at risk, the report highlighted; the district has the highest number of glacial lakes in the Union Territory....
According to the GLOF (GlacialLakeOutburstFlood) ManagementPlan for Kishtwar 2024-25, the tehsils of Padder, Machail, Dachhan, Marwah, and Warwan are in peril of being the worst-affected due to their proximity to glacial lakes.
Homes are seen submerged in the artificial lake, created after a glacial lake outburst flood blocked RiverGhizer in the Roshan area.—Dawn... flood, several houses had been submerged due to the lake.
A collage shows scenes of glacial lake outburst in Gilgit Baltistan’s (GB) Ghizer district on August 22, 2025 ... A sudden glacial lake outburst early Friday morning devastated Rawshan and Tildas villages in Gilgit’s Ghizer district.
Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah, who chaired a meeting to review the ongoing relief and rehabilitation measures, underlined that the real cause is still unknown ....
Timelapse video captured the dramatic increase in water level at a glacial lake near Alaska's capital city of Juneau, which was bracing for flooding after a "glacial outburst" inundated a nearby river.
Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Sunday in response to an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding” from a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) linked to a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier.