18 May 2010
Attabad – a video of a new landslide at the dam site
Posted by Dave Petley
Thanks to Ivan Montanari for pointing this one out to me. There was a big new rockfall at the Attabad landslide site today, caught on camera and posted on Youtube. You should be able to view it below:
The implications of this include:
1. There is a chance that a failure like this could block the spillway;
2. There is a chance that a landslide could send a wave over the top of the dam;
3. If the slides are entering the lake then the water level will increase more quickly;
4. These slides of course represent a real danger to anyone in the area.
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.
Wow I did not expect to become famous :-)Just wondering if the spillway has been affected. The smoke seems to indicate so but I'm no expertDoes anyone have more precise informations?ThanksIvan
Dear Prof Dave Petley,I am a concerned and disturbed son of this unstable soil.I would like to have your honest comments on what is going to be the real scenario once the overtopping occurs!!Ghulam Dana
It would be terrible to watch the water washout valleys but then what a common man can do if the government failed 🙁
Hi Dave, Thanks for keeping us informed re this terrible situation involving so many people. I came across this video on youtube of the landslide – not sure if you have had it on before but worthwhile having a look at againhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zevBVop-sCk&feature;=relatedJennyF
Can you please post the link to the video on youtube and it does not show on your site.Thanks
This youtube video shows the seepageand it's amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKaKrvBR0Uc&feature;=related
The site for the video isAttabad Hunza landslide Live Inayat Ali
at 2:48 somebody got almost killed by a boulder!
ya khuda maa chuda !!