Cryospheric risks in the Himalayan region: impacts and community perceptions on snow avalanches and GLOFs in Chitral, Pakistan
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and snow avalanches pose recurrent threats to mountain communities across the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Hindukush regions. Recent glacier retreat, driven by rising temperatures, has intensified GLOF risk. Remote sensing-based inventories have mapped 3044 glacial lakes in Khyber Pakh...