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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska and Juneau

Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater

The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a dam for Suicide Basin, which fills each spring and summer with rainwater and snowmelt. The basin itself was left behind when a smaller glacier nearby retreated.

Deseret News · 2d

Record flooding threatens Juneau as Mendenhall Glacier releases water

“A glacial outburst has occurred at Suicide Basin. The basin is releasing and flooding is expected along Mendenhall Lake and River,” Juneau officials said in a news release on Tuesday. Residents in flood zones were advised to evacuate immediately.

CBS News on MSN · 3d

Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier begins releasing floodwater, some residents urged to evacuate

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood" in the Juneau area.

Alaska Public Media4d

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 ...

Anchorage Daily News3d

With a release imminent, scientists say the scale of flooding in the Mendenhall Valley is hard to predict.

Hood boarded a helicopter to investigate. Flying over the glaciers at the head of the Mendenhall River, he saw collapsed ice ...

Juneau Empire7y

Juneau scientists await unprecedented flood from Mendenhall Glacier’s ...

For eight summers in a row, Suicide Basin has collected, then released, pulses of rainwater and glacial melt through a system of drainage channels beneath the Mendenhall Glacier.

Alaska Native News4d

Governor Dunleavy Issues Disaster Declaration in Response to Imminent Glacial Flood Threat in Juneau

Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a State Disaster Declaration in response to an imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) linked to Suicide Basin, a side basin of ...

2don MSN

Timelapse video captures dramatic rise of glacial lakes in Alaska that prompted floods

A "glacial outburst" threatens major flooding in Alaska's capital city as a glacial lake flood phenomenon inundates the ...

Juneau Empire on MSN4d

Suicide Basin reaches capacity; CBJ urges residents in indunation zone to prep for evacuation

The declaration from Dunleavy came after the City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida ...

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