17 May 2010
Updated: Attabad – the lake level rises by about 3 m
Posted by Dave Petley
Updated: some newspapers in Pakistan yesterday reported that overtopping at Attabad wss imminent. The news reports suggest that a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) today raised the water level to 358 feet (109 metres), which would be within 1 metre of the spillway.
The GLOF has also been reported by the Pamir Times.
It now appears that the rise was about 10 feet (3.3 metres). I am awaiting data to confirm this, but if so this would leave about 4.4 metres of freeboard intact.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
Isn'it time we get a webcam pointing to the spillway? I can't wait to see what happens!
Good Idea!!! They already have a camera…..we would like to see what is going on minute after minute….Chiara
If you guys knew the location of this slide, and all the issues with electricity, let alone internet connection, or broadband at that… Sorry but no chance.