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Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.
The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Water continues to seep into Valley ...
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...