News
1h
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 ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
19h
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 ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
'It would have been catastrophic': Juneau's temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding
The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water ...
These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback