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Juneau flood barriers and early warning prevent major damage, amid record-breaking glacial outburst
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby residential area.
A Juneau reporter explains the glacial outburst flood and why it keeps breaking records
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's Casey Grove about it on Tuesday. Below is the transcript of an interview with Soliman on Alaska News Nightly. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
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New river barriers prevented severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska, officials say
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
A wave of water that gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake and sent a river surging to a new record level is causing flooding issues in the state capital of Juneau for the third consecutive August.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
A large outburst can release some 15 billion gallons of water, according to the University of Alaska Southeast and Alaska ...
Barriers have been installed where flooding damaged hundreds of homes last summer. With a release imminent, scientists say ...
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
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. Since 2011, ...
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