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Where the end of the glacier once stood is now a large glacial lake.

Entire cities have been lost, “the land beneath them compressed and lowered, so they did not drain, but persisted like glacial lakes.”

Sanabria Lake, the largest glacial body of water in the Iberian peninsula, is a major local attraction, surrounded by a natural park.

From the capital Islamabad, the PMD can trigger sirens installed in glacial valleys in northern Pakistan that are vulnerable to extreme flooding from glacial lake outbursts.

His long running trial on corruption charges serious enough to carry a potential prison sentence would also accelerate from its current glacial pace.