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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 river is in major flood stage at 16.17 feet and rising, the agency said. That surpasses the record set last year of 15.99 feet.
A Juneau reporter explains the glacial outburst flood and why it keeps breaking records
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's Casey Grove about it on Tuesday. Below is the transcript of an interview with Soliman on Alaska News Nightly. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
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Suicide Basin reaches capacity; CBJ urges residents in inundation zone to prep for evacuation
The declaration from Dunleavy came after the City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
Current reports from the National Weather Service estimate the basin will be full Monday, but a release can happen at any ...
At a Thursday morning press conference, the GLOF Unified Command team said they’ve officially begun recovery efforts ...
A wave of water that gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake and sent a river surging to a new record level is causing flooding ...
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