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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
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 ...
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
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New river barriers prevented severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska, officials say
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
On Tuesday morning officials confirmed water had started escaping the ice dam, with flooding expected late Tuesday and ...
Zaz Hollander is a veteran journalist based in the Mat-Su and is currently an ADN local news editor and reporter. She covers ...
The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Water continues to seep into Valley ...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...
Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...
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