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Juneau flood barriers and early warning prevent major damage, amid record-breaking glacial outburst
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby residential area.
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
'It would have been catastrophic': Juneau's temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding
The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
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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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Some Juneau Residents Urged To Evacuate As Mendenhall Glacier Releases Floodwater
Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what is officially a record surge of flooding as rainwater ...
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