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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.
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Hood boarded a helicopter to investigate. Flying over the glaciers at the head of the Mendenhall River, he saw collapsed ice ...
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
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Suicide Basin reaches capacity; CBJ urges residents in indunation 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 ...
Governor Dunleavy Issues Disaster Declaration in Response to Imminent Glacial Flood Threat in Juneau
Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a State Disaster Declaration in response to an imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) linked to Suicide Basin, a side basin of ...
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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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