Pakistan Landslide, January 2010
Deployment Details
MapAction helped to alleviate risks of a potential flood catastrophe in mountainous northern Pakistan.
The charity was approached by NGO leaders in Pakistan seeking assistance with risk and emergency planning mapping in the Hunza district where a mountain landslide earlier this year dammed the Hunza River creating a lake. Rising water levels are now threatening to breach the dam, putting 45,000 people at risk from an outburst flood.
Please note: As the input data does not allow an detailed simulation, the results and the maps should be considered as a rough estimate only.Deployment Diary
04 Jan 2010MapAction found that UK flood researchers at Durham and Newcastle universities, led by Professor David Petley, had been studying the situation, and that there was now an urgent need to map the potenti
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Pakistan - Hunza: Lake Outburst Scenario Map Displaying Flooded Areas. Area 2. T+48.
- Date: 01 April 2010
- Source: GMES SAFER (www.emergencyresponse.eu)
- Status: New
Pakistan - Hunza: Lake Outburst Scenario Map Displaying Flooded Areas. Area 2. T+42.
- Date: 01 April 2010
- Source: GMES SAFER (www.emergencyresponse.eu)
- Status: New
Pakistan - Hunza: Lake Outburst Scenario Map Displaying Flooded Areas. Area 2. T+36.
- Date: 01 April 2010
- Source: GMES SAFER (www.emergencyresponse.eu)
- Status: New
Pakistan - Hunza: Lake Outburst Scenario Map Displaying Flooded Areas. Area 2. T+06.
- Date: 01 April 2010
- Source: GMES SAFER (www.emergencyresponse.eu)
- Status: New
Pakistan - Hunza: Lake Outburst Scenario Map Displaying Flooded Areas. Area 2. T+12.
- Date: 01 April 2010
- Source: GMES SAFER (www.emergencyresponse.eu)
- Status: New
