Monday, June 14, 2010

The strange similarity between the Attabad and the landslide in Oliver

Yesterday I posted in both the ongoing situation at Attabad (and I am glad to say that it now seems likely that the reported landslide at Shimshal was a false alarm) and the mud and debris flow at Oliver in Canada.  It is now reported that the Oliver slide was caused by the failure of an embankment retaining a small irrigation lake.  If that is the case then I assume that the lake is this one:


The damage, shown below in an image from the Vancouver Sun, does serve to demonstrate the destructive potential of lake collapses, and thus our ongoing concerns about Attabad:


Has anyone seen any decent images of the path that the flow took between the lake and the valley floor?

1 comment:

  1. Interesting to see that someone said something to someone about the lake and dam prior to the mudslide:

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/06/16/bc-oliver-mudslide-investigation.html

    Andrew

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