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Alaska glacial melt prompts evacuations in Juneau

The Conversation on MSN · 1h

Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing risk as mountain glaciers melt around the world

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for 3 straight summers.

ABC News on MSN · 32m

Glacier lake outburst at Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier causes record-breaking flooding

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt downstream, according to officials.

New York Post · 10h

Evacuations underway as record glacial flooding threatens Alaska’s capital

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River and into communities across the region.

2hon MSN

A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau

A wave of water that gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake and sent a river surging to a new record level is causing flooding ...

8hon MSN

Evacuation warnings intensify in Alaska's capital with record glacier-related flooding predicted

Alaska's capital of Juneau is bracing for what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream ...

Juneau Empire5h

Update: Mendenhall River crests, levels now falling

Update 9 a.m.: The National Weather Service reported in an 8:30 a.m. update that the Mendenhall River height was at 15.92 ...

Alaska Public Media2d

Juneau’s Suicide Basin overtops; Mendenhall residents get evacuation warning

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...

2hon MSN

Juneau Avoids Disastrous Glacier Flood as Officials Remain Cautious

The Suicide Basin, adjacent to the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, had been gushing water into the Mendenhall Lake and ...

KTVF on MSN8h

LIVE: Mendenhall River reaches record levels, still rising as water floods into neighborhood

Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun the expected glacial release and water is moving quickly into Mendenhall Lake ...

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