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12 Jun 2020 | Water and air

Surging glacier creates lake, floods Pakistan valley

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A loud rumble echoed and water started trickling down with soil and rocks. Villagers immediately left their homes and fled to safety,” recounted Manzoor Hussain. Hussain lives in Hassanabad, a village in the Hunza valley high in the Hindu Kush Himalayas… Read more

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