The video shows an avalanche blocking a road in Britain while people can be heard screaming in panic in the background.
Pakistan is experiencing an intense heatwave this year, with mercury surpassing 50°C in some parts of the country. In its weather forecast for May 26-31, the National Disaster Management Authority warned that rising temperatures, heat waves, flash floods and landslides could affect several parts of the country, especially the northern and southern regions.
He added that there was also a risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, the NDMA also issued an advisory, warning of an increase in possible GLOF events from March to September 2026 due to an expected rise in temperatures, changes in weather patterns and possible early heat wave conditions in northern Pakistan.
Since Tuesday, a video has been circulating onAllahu Akbar‘.
Many social media users shared the video claiming that the images were recent and raising alarm about the weakening of Pakistan’s glaciers. Some also used the clip to warn tourists heading north on vacation.
The video was also shared by local digital news outlets on YouTube and Instagram, as seen here, here, here and here.
It should be noted that none of these posts mention when the incident occurred.
A keyword search to see if any national or local media outlets had reported on recent avalanches in Britain returned no results.
Performing a reverse image search on Google yielded a Facebook video shared by a state media outlet. Pakistan Televisiondated March 13, with the caption: “An avalanche blocked a river in the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan amid snowfall ahead of the spring season.”
The title concluded with the hashtags #GilgitBaltistan #AvalancheAlert #NorthernPakistan #SnowfallImpact.
The video was also shared by Hunza Bowla regional media network and a page covering news in the GB region, on their Instagram account. It was dated March 13. According to the title of the post, the incident occurred in upper Hunza.
The same video was also shared by several users on X and Facebook at different times during April and May.
Jamil Nagri, Sunrise The correspondent in Britain also confirmed to iVerify Pakistan that no such event had occurred in the region recently and that the video dates back to March.
During an avalanche, a mass of snow, rock, ice, dirt, and other materials slides rapidly down the side of a mountain.
In a report published in March, the NDMA said the incidence of avalanches is highest in Pakistan from February to April, when heavy snowfall is followed by temperature fluctuations, strong winds and additional snow loads.
It further stated that expanding infrastructure, including the Karakoram Highway, hydroelectric facilities and settlements located in narrow valleys, increases exposure to avalanche danger. Districts such as Chitral, Upper Dir, Ghizer, Hunza, Skardu, Neelum and Haveli remain particularly vulnerable.
Research shows that the frequency of avalanches in the Himalayan mountains has increased in recent years in what is called an “expected consequence” of climate change.
Conclusion
Claim that viral video shows recent snow avalanche in GB is misleading.
The video is from March 2026. Also, according to the NDMA, the highest incidence of avalanches in Pakistan occurs from February to April.
This fact check was originally published by iVerify Pakistan, a project of CEJ-IBA and UNDP.
