News

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 ...
Anchorage Daily News19h

Flood threat over, Juneau residents return home after record-setting glacial outburst

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

Watch: Drone video shows flooding after glacial outburst in Juneau, Alaska

A video provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shows flooding in Juneau after a glacial ...
Anchorage Daily News1d

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 Weather Channel on MSN23h

Juneau Flooding Latest: New Barriers Prevented Severe Damage To City Amid Glacial Outburst

N ew sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and ...

Glacier-dammed lake begins to drain, threatening Juneau neighborhoods

A large outburst can release some 15 billion gallons of water, according to the University of Alaska Southeast and Alaska ...
Anchorage Daily News4d

Juneau braces as Suicide Basin fills again. Here’s what experts know, and don’t know, about glacier outburst flooding in the Mendenhall Valley.

Barriers have been installed where flooding damaged hundreds of homes last summer. With a release imminent, scientists say ...