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During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
Governor Dunleavy issues a State Disaster Declaration for Juneau due to a potential catastrophic flood from Suicide Basin.
A record-setting glacial outburst on Juneau's Mendenhall River this week inundated low-lying homes and damaged a road bridge, but the community avoided the kind of destruction seen last year, ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
A record-breaking glacier outburst flood slammed Alaska's capital this week. However, for the first time in years, most homes ...