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Alaska on Alert: Suicide Basin Flood Threat Sparks Emergency Evacuations

A historic flood is unfolding in Juneau, Alaska, as massive water releases from Suicide Basin threaten to break all previous ...

Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier begins releasing floodwater, some residents urged to evacuate

The NWS in Juneau issued a flood warning for parts of the area around the Mendenhall River. A "crest" is expected Wednesday ...

Juneau braces as Suicide Basin fills again. Here's what experts know, and don't know, about glacial outburst flooding.

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 ...

Temporary barriers spared Alaska's capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
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Suicide Basin reaches capacity; CBJ urges residents in inundation zone to prep for evacuation

The declaration from Dunleavy came after the City and Borough of Juneau and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida ...

Trump and Putin’s Ukraine Summit Meeting Isn’t the Only Scary Thing Happening in Alaska This Week

On Friday, the president is flying to the state of Alaska, which he likes to refer to as “Russia,” to meet with Vladimir ...

Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and ...

Ice dam in Alaska releases historic amounts of floodwater toward downstream homes

Communities in Alaska have issued flood warnings and evacuations as the glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall ...