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These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
By Wednesday morning, the floodwaters racing down from what’s called Suicide Basin rose to record levels, faster than ...
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
A historic flood is unfolding in Juneau, Alaska, as massive water releases from Suicide Basin threaten to break all previous ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
Residents of Alaska capital Juneau are being urged to evacuate amid an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a ...