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Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...
Flooding in Juneau has affected the National Weather Service’s ability to update weather forecasts on its website and marine ...
HOUSTON — A tropical wave currently churning in the Gulf is racing towards the U.S -Mexico border and will bring scattered rain chances to southeast Texas. The National Hurricane Center is ...