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Flood threat over, Juneau residents return home after record-setting glacial outburst

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

Some Juneau Residents Urged To Evacuate As Mendenhall Glacier Releases Floodwater

Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.

Evacuations underway as record glacial flooding threatens Alaska’s capital

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...

Juneau Avoids Disastrous Glacier Flood

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Juneau residents get all clear after glacial lake outburst sent debris-filled water rushing down Alaska river

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...

Alaskan River Reaches Record High From Melting Glacier

An overflowing glacial lake caused a surge in the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, prompting flood alerts and evacuations in Juneau.

A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...