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The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
A video provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shows flooding in Juneau after a glacial ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
N ew sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and ...
Mendenhall River crested at a record-setting 16.65 feet deep as of 7:15 a.m. Alaska time (12:15 Eastern), and began to empty, according to National Weather Service experts. The water level had fallen ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Water continues to seep into Valley ...
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.
A 'glacial outburst' – a burst of water from a glacial lake – threatened to engulf residents of Juneau, Alaska.
Residents of Alaska capital Juneau are being urged to evacuate amid an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a ...