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Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ...
Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 initially triggered a tsunami warning for the southern Alaska Peninsula. It was later downgraded to an advisory.
A tsunami advisory issued for south Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula was cancelled Wednesday afternoon hours after a massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake.