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A glacial outburst flood that swept through Juneau's Mendenhall Valley last week damaged nearly 50 homes, according to preliminary surveys. Only six, however, sustained "major" damage, according to a ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
Flooding from the basin has become an annual concern, and in recent years has swept away houses and swamped hundreds of homes ...
Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...
In response to the imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) originating from Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier, Governor Mike Dunleavy ...
“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad ...
A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...