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Juneau braces as Suicide Basin fills again. Here's what experts know, and don't know, about glacial outburst flooding.
University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The Mendenhall River,
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
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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 ...
The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
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Suicide Basin reaches capacity; CBJ urges residents in inundation zone to prep for evacuation
The declaration from Dunleavy came after the City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
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