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Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
A video shared from Juneau, Alaska, shows a tree flowing down the Mendenhall River during record flooding after a glacial ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
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 ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau, the Mendenhall River crested at 16.65 feet – which now makes it the largest glacial lake outburst flooding event ever recorded.
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...