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For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...