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Melting Alaskan glacier floods Juneau as emergency wall is tested
When Alaska's Ice Surrenders to Water 65 feet, breaking records set just the year before when a sudden glacial lake outburst ...
(JUNEAU, Alaska) — One of Alaska’s most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt ...
Residents of Alaska’s capital city found themselves racing against time Wednesday morning as dangerous floodwaters from a melting glacier prompted immediate evacuations across Juneau. The crisis began ...
In the course of her job as a journalist, Naomi Klouda stashed notes on Alaska glaciers in a big folder. Over time, they took on a life of their own. The Homer writer says it was a slow and persistent ...
And, yes, in case you’re wondering, climate change appears to be the main culprit behind the record-breaking water levels. The Mendenhall Glacier, a vast field of ice and snow that sits north of the ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent ...
Authorities say a hiker died from injuries sustained in a fall near the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau JUNEAU, Alaska -- A hiker from Arizona died from injuries sustained in a ...
(JUNEAU, Alaska) -- One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt ...
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