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2 April 2010
Video of the main seepage point at the Attabad landslide dam
(corrected 3rd April) As I noted yesterday, a new (third) seepage point has appeared on the downstream face of the Attabad landslide dam. A video has been posted on Youtube of the first seepage point. It is worth a view: Note that water now appears to be flowing into this seepage point under pressure, which is a worry. The volume of water at this seepage point is the largest of …
1 April 2010
The Attabad lake level, and new seepage points
The lake level at Attabad continues to rise at a rate of about 35 cm per day. The Pamir Times website has a Youtube video that contains pictures of the latest situation of the site. Whilst it is not in English, the images give a good overview of the current state of play: From the video I have captured the following image of the state of the water level in …
25 March 2010
Attabad – the mainstream media has finally woken up to this story
Within the mainstream media the Attabad landslide story has been on slow burn for a while now, with a bit of interest last week. However, Reuters have run a story on this today that should now see it gaining a higher profile over the next few days: Reuters Story (Key parts only):Authorities in northern Pakistan are struggling to prevent the bursting of a natural dam formed by a landslide that …
22 March 2010
Attabad landslide report
The report that I wrote about the Attabad landslide as a result of my recent visit to the site is now available. You should be able to download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/lymztmnwnzd/10_02 Hunza landslide short report final.pdf
Attabad landslide: latest update on the lake level, seepage rate and spillway height
The latest data on the Attabad landslide is available here. I have added a graph of reported seepage rate against time.
20 March 2010
The water level and seepage at the Attabad landslide – graphs of the current situation
Latest update: 25th March 2010 08:00 GMT I thought it would be useful to post a graph of the current state of play with the water and spillway levels, as I understand it. The water level is from the NDMA daily(ish) updates; the spillway height comes from the freeboard measurement from FOCUS. Needless to say I have no way to validate this data. Graph as of 23rd March 2010 (the …
11 March 2010
The landslide at Attabad has developed seepage
Late last week the landslide at Attabad started to develop some seepage. Over the last few days this has gradually increased in rate and is now measured at about 9.4 cubic feet per second (0.25 cubic metres per second). The Pamir Times has some images of the seepage: Given this volume of water it is likely that this is flow through the dam, although at the moment this remains unconfirmed. …
10 March 2010
Attabad landslide – the Pakistan Government response
Yesterday a meeting was held by the Ministry of the Environment in Islamabad to discuss the Attabad landslide, based at least in part on my report from my recent field visit on behalf of Focus. I am glad to say that the upshot of that meeting is that the authorities are now preparing an evacuation plan for a potential breach of the lake, according to this report: “As over 15,000 …
9 March 2010
Another life lost at Attabad
Construction of the spillway at Attabad in northern Pakistan continues, but there is little doubt that the construction workers at the site, and indeed those walking over the dam to access the boat service, face considerable risks from rockfalls from the original landslide scar. On 4th March such a rockfall occurred, striking two people on the upslope face of the landslide deposit. One, an army bulldozer driver, was injured whilst …
5 March 2010
The Attabad landslide in N. Pakistan – some initial images from my field visit this week
I am now back from my comparatively short but very interesting trip to the Attabad landslide in N. Pakistan. I will make a series of posts about this serious but very interesting landslide over the next few days. As a taster, here a few images of the site. The first image was taken from the top of the 1858 Salmanabad landslide deposit, looking upstream to the Attabad slide. The scar …
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.
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