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Glacial outburst flooding from the Mendenhall Glacier in 2024 impacted hundreds of homes in Juneau, prompting the development of the Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard.
Governor Dunleavy issues a State Disaster Declaration for Juneau due to a potential catastrophic flood from Suicide Basin.
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
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 ...
Officials have advised that the flood threat from Suicide Basin has ended and waters have receded. Evacuated areas are now ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
What happens when a glacier becomes both a breathtaking landmark and a ticking time bomb? In Juneau, Alaska, that question is no longer theoretical. This week, the Mendenhall Glacier just 12 miles ...
University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The ...
Above Juneau sits the so-called Suicide Basin. Evacuations underway as experts predict record-breaking floodwaters from ...
The National Weather Service released a flood watch at 2:17 a.m. on Thursday valid from 2 p.m. until Friday 6 a.m. for Tioga County.