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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 …
10 February 2010
Continuing works on the Attabad landslide
The National Disaster Management Authority in Pakistan is posting daily updates on the situation with the Attabad landslide on its website here. The reports appear with a lag of about 4 days, but nonetheless provide a helpful insight into the rate of progress. As of 6th Feb a total of 26,000 cubic metres of debris had been moved to create the spillway. Meanwhile the lake level is increasing at 60 …
7 February 2010
The Attabad landslide – caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
News from the landslide site at Attabad is increasingly grim, despite the ongoing work to create a spillway. The Pamir Times has an excellent article here outlining the impact of the rapidly expanding lake. This lake is now 11 km long and has inundated 460,000 square metres of land, 11 houses and 3.5 km of the Karakoram highway. However, the spillway that is under construction is a further 79 m …
31 January 2010
Latest news from the Attabad landslide in Pakistan
The latest news from the site of the Attabad landslide in Hunza, Pakistan, as relayed by the Pamir Times, is somewhat mixed. There is now a very helpful video of the landslide site on Youtube, which gives a proper view of the slide and its deposit from the scarp area: The scarp area appears to be highly fractured and unstable. Meanwhile, this report states that the lake continues to rise …
25 January 2010
Continuing concerns about the landslide dam at Attabad in Hunza, Pakistan
The Pamir Times continues to provide excellent coverage of the state of the landslide dam at Attabad in Hunza, N. Pakistan (see earlier posts here, here, here and here). First, they have posted another remarkable image of the landslide in action: Second they have provided various reports on the state of the efforts to mitigate the rising water level and to reopen the highway. It is clear that the road …
18 January 2010
Potential landslides in California and the ongoing crisis in Hunza, Pakistan
Amongst the (appropriate) focus upon Haiti at the moment, we must of course remember that landslides do not stop elsewhere. So, here are two important ongoing stories: 1. Potential landslides in California this week:The US National Weather Service has issued a series of warnings for very heavy rainfall in California this week, with the pontential for landslides, flash flood and debris flows. For example: …Flash flooding and debris flows possible …
11 January 2010
Update on the Attabad landslide
Image from Pamir Times. The Pakistan Red Crescent have published the latest update on the state of the Attabad landslide in northern Pakistan. The key information is that the water level in the barrier lake is rising at 0.4 feet (about 12 cm) per hour (NB note correction). The level is reportedly 44 feet (13.4 metres) from the crest of the dam. The lake is about to inundate the settlement …
9 January 2010
Detailed information and amazing images of the catastrophic Attabad (Atabad or Atta Abad) landslide in Hunza, Pakistan
See update from 11th January 2010 here Pamir Times image of the landslide A few days I ago I posted on reports of the Attabad landslide (which is variously described as the Atabad landslide or the Atta Abad landslide) in Hunza, Pakistan. There has been very little information about this bar various reports that it was not as bad as had been feared. However, Reliefweb has today published a report …
4 January 2010
Landslide at Attabad (Atabad) village, Hunza, Pakistan
Updated with Google Earth image and further detailsUpdated 5th January at 08:27 UT with new fatality count. The media in Pakistan is reporting that at least 10 people (NB see update below) have been killed in a landslide at Attabad village (sometimes written as Atabad) in northern Pakistan. This report from Dawn.com is a good example: “At least 10 people have been killed and several injured due to a landslide …
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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