Landslide lake in Pakistan - Deslizamientos en lago en Pakistán - The Boston Globe - Part 1 - 19 photos

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Five months ago, on January 4th, 2010 in the remote Hunza River Valley of northern Pakistan, a massive landslide buried the village of Attabad, destroying 26 homes, killing 20 people, and damming up the Hunza River. As the newly-formed lake grew, authorities rushed to evacuate and supply those affected in the landslide area and upstream. The lake is now over 300 feet deep and 16km (10 mi) long, submerging miles of highway, farms and homes. Earlier this week, the lake reached the top of the natural dam, and began to spill out - rapid erosion of the landslide debris has authorities worried about a potential breach, and locals have been evacuated as officials monitor the developing situation. Special thanks to the Pamir Times for sharing their photos and coverage of this event.
This photograph was taken while a secondary landslide was taking place near Attabad village in northern Pakistan on January 22, 2010, after the original massive landslide of January 4th blocked most of the Hunza Valley and dammed the Hunza River. Original here. (Inayat Ali (Shimshal)/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND

 Residents from surrounding area visit the scene of the massive landslide in the Hunza River Valley in northern Pakistan on January 5, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND

 A view of the newly-forming lake formed due to blockage of the Hunza River, seen three days after the landslide, on January 7, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND

 Land cracks visible in the land near what remains of the village of Attabad on February 1, 2010. FOCUS geologists warned that the cracked portions might fall at any time. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 Another view of the growing lake formed behind the landslide, seen from the ruins of Attabad village on February 1, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 Local volunteers conducting search for bodies in rubble near the village of Attabad on January 6, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND

 A funeral service is held for some of the victims of the Hunza Valley landslide on January 6, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 Men climb across landslide debris in the Hunza River Valley on January 7, 2010. The growing lake is visible in the background. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 With the only highway wiped out by the landslide, Gojal Valley locals turn to airlifts to help them evacuate and get access to goods and services. Photo taken on January 7, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 Heavy machinery is employed to lift and carry a wooden boat up the side of the landslide debris to be deposited in the lake to aid evacuation and supply missions on April 6, 2010. Original here. (Zulfiqar Ali Khan/Gulsher Khan/Pamir Times / CC BY-NC-ND)

 In this image taken on April 30, 2010, local people use a boat to ferry their vehicles in a lake caused by landslide which cuts off part of the Karakoram highway to China, in the Hunza district of northern Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shabbir Mir) 

 In this image taken on Thursday March 11, 2010, Pakistani loaders carrying goods imported from neighboring China which are ferried through a lake due to blockade of the Karakoram Highway, in Attabad, northern Pakistan. A massive landslide early this year formed a natural dam in the Hunza River created a lake that is consuming upstream as it expands. If dam breaks, a flash flood could threaten downstream villages. (AP Photo/Shabbir Ahmed Mir) 

 An aerial view, taken from military helicopter, of a natural dam caused by a landslide in Attabad village, Hunza district, northern Pakistan, May 21, 2010. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes this week in north Pakistan amid fears a lake, formed after a landslide blocked the Hunza River on January 4, could soon burst, triggering massive flooding and severing an important trade link with China. (REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli) 

 An aerial view, taken from military helicopter, of a natural dam caused by a landslide in Attabad village, Hunza district, northern Pakistan, May 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli)

An aerial view shows a lake overtaking a village in the Hunza district of northern Pakistan on Saturday, May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Shabbir Hussain Imam) 

 Villagers, who lived near a lake created after a landslide in Hunza district, collect belongings from their home at Sheeshghat village in Hunza district of northern Pakistan May 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli)

 Women, who lived near a lake created after a landslide in Hunza district, cut barley in a field in Seeshghat village in Hunza district of northern Pakistan May 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli) 

 This image, acquired by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on March 16th, 2010 shows the blocked Hunza River and the growing lake, then 11 km (7 mi) long, inundating several villages and 5 km (3 mi) of the Karakoram Highway. Landslide blockage is at lower right. (NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen/NASA EO-1 team)



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Unas pocas palabras:

Me considero una persona de la naturaleza, un montañés sobre todo, he vivido en la montaña y voy a ella desde muy joven y mi infancia fue llenada de cuentos acerca de ella ya que mi padre vivió en ella como un tío mío.

Veo este incidente en Pakistán e inmediatamente recordé lo que pasó el año pasado con los turistas en el Machu Pichu, en el Perú, hubieron lluvias abundantes, se cerraron los pasos, hubo deslizamientos, murió una turista argentina.

Leía los comentarios que la gente hacía en los diarios, la gran mayoría revelaban una gran ignorancia de lo que es la naturaleza y especialmente la montaña, van a un lugar de turismo, un conjunto de edificaciones mundialmente famosas, se olvidan del medio en el que están.

Lo que primero hay que decir que la piedra, por más inerte que parezca, está viva, se mueve, la piedra no está clavada, sólida y monolítica.

Todas las montañas son diversas, tiene una constitución diferente y dependiendo de ésta, los materiales se pueden desprender por diferentes causas, hay que conocer éstas y por no entrar en detalles que ya me harían escribir un largo artículo, más científico que lo que seguramente querrá leer, hacerle entender que hay que tomar previsiones, por lo que estudiar un poco acerca de cómo se hace campamento, preguntar a la gente del lugar, no poner un campamento a la orilla de un río o al pie de un cerro donde puede haber un deslizamiento que con leer el terreno inmediatamente se dará cuenta, pueden salvarle la vida.

La gente de ciudad no se da cuenta que la montaña es muy bella pero que no es para blandos, que puede dar sorpresas, que si uno va a lugares donde no hay un gran tránsito de gente conviene avisar a la gendarmería o policía del lugar para que sepan lugar a dónde va, por dónde y cuándo planea llegar a un punto donde se lo pueda controlar, como una población, así, si no llega en tiempo, se lo puede localizar y quizás, con la mala suerte de un accidente o desperfecto, salvar su vida.
 
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