High alert declared in Hunza
High alert was declared in Hunza and the entrance into the vacated villages of the area was prohibited by the authrities on Sunday in view of imminent threat of flood there due to bursting of landslide-triggered lake.The situation was all the more dangerous as the gap between the spillway and the water level in the lake had narrowed to six feet.
AP THE Philippines on Sunday lifted a tsunami alert imposed in 19 Pacific-facing provinces after Chile's earthquake, allowing evacuees to return home as metre-high waves made little impact.