Watery Mess Parts of Alaska's state capital of Juneau flooded earlier this week after a melting glacier near the city and sent icy waters down below to residents, according to The Guardian, and, yes,

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release water.

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and snowmelt in a huge basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to flow downstream toward the capital city.