Abstract: Due to climate change, the Northwesterner Gilgit Baltistan's, Ghizer district is highly susceptible to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Nearly 24 GLOFs have occurred in this area in the ...

A glacial outburst flood is caused when a glacial lake releases its water into a river. For the last two years in a row, such flooding has caused significant damage to homes in Juneau. The lake ...

Patni, who was part of multiple teams addressing the threats posed by landslide-dammed lakes across the Himalayan region, stressed the urgent need for identifying vulnerable and weak slopes along ...

The Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) is developing a detailed action plan for the comprehensive study and regular monitoring of glacial lakes in Uttarakhand with the aim of ...

Each large lake phase drained rapidly between May and July as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), typically over one to two days. The GLOF in May 2022 caused the Hassanabad Bridge, a major ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to take emergency measures in view of the destruction caused by a glacial lake outburst flood from the Shisper glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan. He instructed to ...

Each large lake phase drained rapidly between May and July as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), typically over one to two days. The GLOF in May 2022 caused the Hassanabad Bridge, a major crossing ...

The 16th Finance Commission, led by Arvind Panagariya, addresses Sikkim's economic challenges, including connectivity and environmental impacts, like the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods. In collaboration ...

LAKE LOUISE, AB, Jan. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise introduces, "BASIN Glacial Waters," the official identity of its highly-anticipated, alpine wrapped, thermal bathing ...