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Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...