KOGAN
Event description
On 20 October 1950, Laguna Jancarurish
was destroyed during the works to lower ist
level. As the lake was lowered part of the glacier collapsed into the lake
initiating a wave that burst through the moraine dam, killing approximately 500
people.
Damage
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Approximately 500 people were killed.
Data source
Lliboutry, L., Arnao, B. M., Pautre, A., Schneider, B. (1977): Glaciological problems set by the
contol of dangerous lakes in Cordillera Blanca,
Remarks