Attabad Lake

Attabad Lake (sometimes called Gojal Lake) is a lake in Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan. The lake was created by a landslide which happened in the village of Attabad on 4 January 2010. The landslide killed twenty people. It blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months.

The flooding caused by the blockage covered the Karakoram Highway. Six thousand people had to move from upstream villages. Another 25,000 people had to stay where they were because roads were blocked. It inundated over  of the Karakoram Highway.

By the first week of June 2010, the new lake was  long and over  deep. At that time, it flowed over the landslide dam, completely submerging lower Shishkat and partly flooding Gulmit.   The subdivision of Gojal has the greatest number of flooded buildings, over 170 houses and 120 shops. The residents also had shortages of food and other items due to the blockage of the Karakoram Highway.
By June 4 water outflow from the lake had increased to 3700 ft3/s.Hunza Blog by Professor Dave Petley, Durham University, England

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Category:Lakes of Pakistan