Islamabad, Feb. 26 -- Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a nationwide alert warning of potential flooding caused by glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) between March and September, as rising temperatures accelerate snow and glacier melt across the country's northern regions.
According to the advisory, increasing heat levels could intensify glacier melting in the coming months, increasing the risk of heatwaves followed by flash floods. The period from March to June has been identified as particularly critical, when rapidly melting glaciers could lead to sudden surges in water activity from glacial lakes.
Glacial lake outburst floods occur when natural dams formed by ice or moraine collapse, releasing large...