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The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacier is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in Juneau ...
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ...
A historic flood is unfolding in Juneau, Alaska, as massive water releases from Suicide Basin threaten to break all previous ...
The National Weather Service in Juneau issued a flood warning Tuesday morning following indications that Suicide Basin began ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.
Residents of Alaska capital Juneau are being urged to evacuate amid an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...