This Al Jezeeera news article caught my attention, since I fall in love with this area every time I look at Afzal and Karrar's pictures and stories:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASHcz5d7tF8&playnext_from=TL&videos=ZCkUbf5ISFM&feature=sub

Thanks for the video, it's an update on one I saw a few weeks ago.

I've been through there at least four times each way in previous years, and to see it like this now is just incredible. There's now way to make a comparison in our own countries, as this is the only road through the entire region, and since its opening in 1986 it has never been affected in this way. Seeing those Toyota Coaster buses parked across rafted motor boats is freaky.

This is just north of the main tourist town on the highway, Karimabad, so it will affect the economy of the entire region this summer. Hopefully all those in the villages between the lake and the Chinese (Xinjiang) border are coping and getting the help they need.

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Damien Gildea wrote:Thanks for the video, it's an update on one I saw a few weeks ago.

I've been through there at least four times each way in previous years, and to see it like this now is just incredible. There's now way to make a comparison in our own countries, as this is the only road through the entire region, and since its opening in 1986 it has never been affected in this way. Seeing those Toyota Coaster buses parked across rafted motor boats is freaky.

This is just north of the main tourist town on the highway, Karimabad, so it will affect the economy of the entire region this summer. Hopefully all those in the villages between the lake and the Chinese (Xinjiang) border are coping and getting the help they need.

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Yeah totally crazy!! I hope they get help.

I found this video of the landslide itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zevBVop-sCk

Still no better, though it hasn't burst yet.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/ ... 15750.html

Damien Gildea wrote:Still no better, though it hasn't burst yet.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/ ... 15750.html

My best wishes are with all the people whose lifes are affected. The power of nature will always affect us. Hopefully the outcome is good. Inshallah.

More news, although still inconclusive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmbdkNPm0Pk

Monsoon rain in Gilgit Baltistan causes landslides, KKH closure and casualties
http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=19549

I wonder what the slide-caused dam is doing now. perhaps it broke...

so sad...

http://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=19553