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Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
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 huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
“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 ...
Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.