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Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
An AT&T spokesperson said in an email exchange earlier this week that service disruptions were related to flooding in Juneau ...
Despite a one day delay for most students due to flooding, Juneau School District staff reported it was a relatively normal ...
During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.