A 7-km (4-mile) lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially ...

What Comes to Mind When You Think of Pakistan? 1. A Rich Cultural Heritage Pakistan’s history dates back thousands of years, ...

DALORI BALA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Residents in a hilltop village in northwest Pakistan described how raging waters and rocks ...

Underneath the fatal climate events that have hit the country's mountainous north are factors that are controllable yet ignored every year, every time.

Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering ...

Massive, sudden downpours of rain known as cloudbursts have struck India and Pakistan during this monsoon season, killing hundreds of people in the flash floods and landslides they have triggered.

By a widely accepted definition, a cloudburst means more than 100 mm of rainfall in one hour, over a small area.

Avalanches represent one of the most feared hazards for mountaineers. These massive snow slides can occur without warning, ...

Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short ...

Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions for mountaineering expeditions in the north, an official said Sunday, despite ...

Hundreds of climbers try to scale mountains in northern Pakistan every year. Accidents are common because of avalanches and ...