{"id":4374,"date":"2012-02-27T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2012-02-27T13:51:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T13:51:52","slug":"breaking-news-the-attabad-landslide-spillway-has-been-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/02\/27\/breaking-news-the-attabad-landslide-spillway-has-been-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated (twice) with videos: Breaking news &#8211; the Attabad landslide spillway has been reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4375\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4375\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/02\/27\/breaking-news-the-attabad-landslide-spillway-has-been-reopened\/12_02-attabad-spillway\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4375\" title=\"12_02 Attabad spillway\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2012\/02\/12_02-Attabad-spillway-e1330343334686.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Attabad-Spillway-Hunza-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Attabad-Spillway-Hunza-1.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/2012\/02\/27\/high-alert-in-hunza-nagar-gilgit-astore-and-diamer-as-spillway-blast-hour-nears\/\">The Pamir Times<\/a> is reporting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/02\/20\/attabad-landslide-reports-indicate-that-the-barrier-will-be-blasted-next-week\/\">coffer dam at the Attabad spillway<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/2012\/02\/06\/attabad-spillway-fwo-seeks-to-take-public-in-confidence-over-drainage-delay\/\">shown in the above image from the Pamir Times<\/a>, has been blasted today, allowing water to flow through the newly reopened spillway.\u00a0 At the time of writing that are reporting that the discharge is about 50,000 cubic feet per second (1415 cubic metres per second), which is amongst the highest flow rates recorded through the spillway to date.\u00a0 The lake level is reported to have dropped by about 45 cm so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 1:<\/strong> The following video has now been posted on Youtube.\u00a0 The flow looks to be impressive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attaabad lake water flow after blast\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMVnsK863qk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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