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Glacial outburst flood reaches record height in Juneau’s Mendenhall River
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The river is in major flood stage at 16.17 feet and rising, the agency said. That surpasses the record set last year of 15.99 feet.
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Juneau flood barriers and early warning prevent major damage, amid record-breaking glacial outburst
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
'It would have been catastrophic': Juneau's temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding
The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water ...
Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
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