Is Karimabad rock-ice avalanche/debris flow from Hunza Pakistan due to climate change?

05 May 2018 0 5K Report

Dear RG colleagues

Some days ago, a huge rock and ice avalanche triggered near Karmabad, Hunza, northern Pakistan and following links are related to this tragic event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRtrz41UHcc

https://pamirtimes.net/2018/04/09/two-locals-and-a-domestic-tourist-missing-after-massive-landslide-in-ultar-hunza/https://www.newsflare.com/video/196188/weather-nature/dramatic-landslide-at-hunza-pakistan

https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2018/04/10/karimabad-1/

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