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Inter Press Service: Khaliq-ul-Zaman, a farmer from the remote Bindo Gol valley in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has long lived under the shadow of disaster. With plenty of fertile land and fresh water, this scenic mountain valley would be an ideal dwelling place - if not for the constant threat of the surrounding glacial lakes bursting their ridges and gushing down the hillside, leaving a trail of destruction behind. "We can safely say that over 16,000 have been displaced due to [glacial lake outburst......
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In shadow of glacial lakes, Pakistan’s mountain communities look to climate adaptation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 16th, 2015
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