Acquired on August 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows the spillway relieving pressure on the lake created by a January 2010 landslide in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan.
Published Sep 4, 2011
Acquired July 7, 2010, and August 23, 2010, these natural-color images show slight changes in a landslide lake along the Hunza River in northwestern Pakistan.
Published Aug 29, 2010
In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.
Published May 27, 2016
Ongoing drought and diminished snowpack in the Rockies have combined with increasing demands downstream to cause the great reservoir to drop to historically low levels.
Published Aug 1, 2014
Acquired April 16, 2011, this natural-color image shows water flowing through the Bukalo Channel toward Lake Liambezi in easternmost Namibia.
Published Apr 25, 2011
Acquired October 3, 2010, this natural-color images show slight changes in a landslide lake along the Hunza River in northwestern Pakistan.
Published Oct 13, 2010
In the wake of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in China, a series of landslides blocked the Jiangjiang River, creating swollen reservoirs that threatened to break through and flood catastrophically. The largest of these lakes, Tangjiashan Lake, threatened roughly 1.3 million people.
Published Jun 11, 2008
Heavy winter and spring snowfall provided much-needed meltwater, but the effects of long-term drought mean the lake is nowhere near its highs from the 1980s and 90s.
Published Oct 1, 2019
Acquired July 7, 2010, this photo-like image shows water from a landslide-dammed river flowing through a human-made spillway in northwestern Pakistan’s Hunza Valley.
Published Jul 8, 2010
Floodwaters have worked their way through a series of parched channels, watering holes, and lagoons to start filling the iconic Australian lake.
Published May 28, 2019
On July 2, 2010, a landslide-dammed lake in Pakistan appeared to have overtopped the dam, and water was streaming out through a man-made spillway.
Published Jul 2, 2010
In August 2010, Lake Mead reached its lowest level since 1956, the result of a persistent drought and increasing human demand.
Published Sep 23, 2010
