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Alaska capital Juneau dodges flood
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Seismic stations more than 600 miles away picked up the rumbling as a mountainside collapsed upon South Sawyer Glacier and ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
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Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The ...
USGS streamgages show flood conditions are now underway, with live cameras providing real-time views on the USGS HIVIS ...
For three years in a row, Juneau has had unprecedented flooding in August from a melting glacier. This year, officials built a levee to protect the city. It seems to have helped, but it's temporary.
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
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