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Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
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 ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
USGS streamgages show flood conditions are now underway, with live cameras providing real-time views on the USGS HIVIS ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
The Juneau Police Department officer involved in an arrest that sent a man to a Seattle hospital last month has been ...
Restless, I wheeled up to the coffee shop and bar on the 10th deck at the bow of the Westerdam. Through massive, slanted windows, a dense midmorning fog obscured everything as if the ship were ...