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Temporary barriers spared Alaska's capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
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.
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New river barriers prevented severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska, officials say
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
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The Weather Channel on MSNSome 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.
Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started ...
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River into areas in the region, which is expected to cause major ...
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