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Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Above Juneau sits the so-called Suicide Basin. Evacuations underway as experts predict record-breaking floodwaters from ...
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...
University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The ...
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
The declaration from Dunleavy came after the City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...