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Barriers prevent severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream,
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...
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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 ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
'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 ...
The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8:00 a.m. Water continues to seep into Valley neighborhoods.
This week, a glacial outburst sent millions of gallons of water surging down the Mendenhall River that runs through Juneau, ...
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