Atta Abad Lake

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Attaabad Lake, also known as Hunza Lake, is a lake in the Hunza Valley of northern Pakistan created in January 2010 by a landslide dam.

The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attaabad village in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabad that occurred on January 4, 2010.The landslide killed twenty people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The lake flooding has displaced 6,000 people from upstream villages, stranded (from land transportation routes) a further 25,000,and inundated over 12 miles (19 km) of the Karakoram Highway.The lake reached 13 miles (21 km) long and over 100 metres in depth by the first week of June 2010 when it began flowing over the landslide dam, completely submerging lower Shishkat and partly flooding Gulmit.The subdivision of Gojal has the greatest number of flooded buildings, over 170 houses and 120 shops. The residents also had shortages of food and other items due to the blockage of the Karakoram Highway.
Landslide was caught on camera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zevBVop-sCk

The link below has a pictorial history of Attaabad lake.
www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?38226-Landslide-lake...