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One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...
The glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun. A flood warning is in place for Mendenhall Lake near ...
The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...
Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
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.
The Mendenhall River crested and began dropping Wednesday morning as a glacial outburst sent billions of gallons of water coursing through one of the most populated parts of Juneau. Destruction this ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.