- Title: Pakistan lake formed by mountain mudslide threatens 'catastrophic' floods
- Date: 23rd August 2025
- Summary: GHIZER, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 23, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FLOODED RIVER (ABOUT 25 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM LAKE FORMED BY MOUNTAIN MUDSLIDE) (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, GHIZER, HABIB UR REHMAN, SAYING: “They (the teams) will assess how to immediately open the road and what is the strength of the material. They will also review the relief activities. Another committee
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- Keywords: PAKSTAN LAKE MOUNTAIN MUDSLIDE VILLAGERS FLOODS Pakistan flood
- Location: GHIZER, PAKISTAN
- City: GHIZER, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA001923523082025RP1
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- Story Text: A 7-km (4-mile) lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday (August 23).
The mud flow descended into the main Ghizer River channel and blocked it completely on Friday, creating the lake in Gilgit Baltistan province, the National Disaster Management Authority said.
The blockage created a "dam-like structure" that poses a significant threat of bursting, it said in a situation report by its provincial office.
An official at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said the new lake "can cause a catastrophic flood", with four downstream districts - Ghizer, Gilgit, Astore and Diamer - facing a serious threat.
Ghizer is north of the mountain districts in northwest Pakistan where floods triggered by the worst of this year's monsoon rains and cloudbursts have killed nearly 400 people since August 15.
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