Meanwhile, downstream communities faced a risk of a flood should the landslide lake break through the earthen dam suddenly.

与此同时，下游地区则面临着堰塞湖突然溃坝导致洪水泛滥的风险。

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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image of the landslide lake on the Hunza River on May 2, 2010.

美国航空航天局terra卫星上的先进星载热发射和反射辐射仪在2010年5月2日拍摄到这张罕萨河堰塞湖的假彩色图像。

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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite acquired this false-color image of the landslide lake on June 1, 2010 - now 16km (10 mi) long.

6月1日，特拉卫星上的先进星载热发射和反射辐射仪（ASTWER）捕捉到这张堰塞湖伪色图像——这个湖现在长16公里。

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The Ganges was blocked by a mammoth landslide last month, and a big lake formed behind the landfall.

ECONOMIST: From the archive