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A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
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 ...
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...