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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.
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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 ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.
Barriers have been installed where flooding damaged hundreds of homes last summer. With a release imminent, scientists say ...
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town. Since 2011, ...
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