(K2Climb.net) A massive landslide swept four villages in Pakistan's Hunza Valley, dammed up the Hunza river with a severe risk of flooding, cut off parts of KKH and left tens of thousands to survive the winter without supplies. Attabad village reportedly took the worst hit. "Some 1,500 people were forced out of their homes from the nearby villages after the disaster had shaken homes with huge cracks underneath, and damaged the entire area declared Sultan Khan from Nazir Sabir's outfit told Simone Moro. Authorities have declared state of emergency but four days after the tragedy hopes of finding survivors are fading." "The monstrous mountain slide has completely blocked the Hunza River, creating an artificial dam. Debris splashing across the river has also damaged a two-kilometre stretch of the Karakoram Highway - leaving Gojal area (Hunza's northern side) completely isolated by land," Sultan Khan said. "Over 22,000 people in the far flung villages of Hunza are running out of rations and are at the mercy of airlifted food supplies, medicines and other materials till the KKH is reopened - which is likely to take over six months at least." "Yet there is a greater danger to the nearby villages and downstream areas if the blocked river dam bursts triggering flooding."
Government agencies, Aga Khan Foundation, Focus and few other NGOs are in action already and we are accessing the situation further.

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