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Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...
Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week ... eliminating the risk of a flood ...
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...
Forecasted flooding could break a record, which was set when the Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet in August 2024 ...