Melting Mountains, Rising Waters: GLOF Flash Flooding in Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan’s high mountain valleys – home to over 7,000 glaciers – are facing an unprecedented threat from climate-driven floods. In the recent years, a series of extreme GLOF floods fueled by unusual heat, accelerated glacier melt, and erratic rainfall patterns have devastated communities in northern Pakistan. This region, famed for its snow-capped peaks and glacier-fed … Read more