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Flash floods and Glofs disrupt road access in Gilgit-Baltistan

Both outlets reported on the ongoing disruption of road access in Gilgit-Baltistan due to flash floods and Glofs. Dawn highlighted the fourth consecutive day of cut-off access and mentioned the role of glacial melting. Daily Times extended the duration to a fifth day and added a new flood warning from the Pakistan Meteorological Department for early August.

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    Daily Times

    Melting Frontier

    For a fifth consecutive day, roads to several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan remained severed while the Pakistan Meteorological Department issued a fresh glacial lake outburst flood warning for the first week of August. To add to the context, Gilgit-Baltistan has already recorded 89 flash floods, cloudbursts, and GLOFs during the ongoing monsoon. At least 130 houses […]

  • 82%
    Dawn

    Multiple areas in GB remain cut off after flash floods, Glofs wash away access routes

    GILGIT: Road access to several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan remained cut off for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday as flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods (Glofs), triggered by rapid glacier melting, continued to damage highways and hamper restoration efforts. The continued flooding, driven by unusually high temperatures and accelerated glacier melt, disrupted relief operations and d...

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