Pakistan: Villagers 'Living between Life and Death' as Pakistan's Glaciers Melt

Aug 6, 2018 | Peer Muhammad, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Pakistan has more glaciers than any other country outside the polar region – more than 7,200 in the Karakoram, Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). As the glaciers retreat, they leave behind lakes supported by ice dams or accumulations of rock and soil. Inherently unstable, these dams often burst, sending huge volumes of water rushing into the villages below them.