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2024 Glacial outburst flood near Juneau sets record for second year ...


2024 Glacial outburst flood near Juneau sets record for second year ...

An outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier sent a record amount of water toward Juneau, Alaska, for the second year in a row.

Glacier Flooding in Alaskan Capital Sets New Record

In the early hours of August 6, a lake dammed by Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier burst through the ice, flooding hundreds of homes and ...

Alaskans recount escapes after a record-breaking glacial outburst ...

For the second year in a row, an outburst of flooding from a naturally dammed lake at the Mendenhall Glacier has caused damage to homes in Juneau.

Juneau has now experienced record-breaking glacial outburst ...

Juneau has now experienced record-breaking glacial outburst flooding events two years in a row. What role should the city play in mitigating damage to ...

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Following record flooding from Mendenhall Glacier's Suicide Basin glacial dam outburst in the ... record glacier floods, two years in a row on the ...

Juneau officials discuss short and long-term glacial flood ... - KTOO

At Monday's Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole meeting, City Manager Katie Koester said the last two years of catastrophic glacial outbursts ...

08_2024 - Mendenhall River Flooding - National Weather Service

Juneau to the SE of this image in 1965. There were no documented impactful glacier outburst events recorded by the stream gauge until July.

When a Glacial Dam Burst, an Alaskan Town Was Hit With a Sudden ...

Around 3:30 in the morning on August 6, the first arrivals made their way into the emergency shelter officials had set up in a school gym in ...

Over 100 Homes Damaged in Alaska After Glacial Lake Releases ...

The flooding this week in Juneau, Alaska, topped a record set last year when the same glacial basin overfilled, rapidly inundating nearby ...

Record flooding exceeding 'worst-case' forecast swamps homes and ...

Water from glacial outburst flood crests at 15.99 feet, tops last year's record by more than a foot.

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An outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier sent a record amount of water toward Juneau, Alaska, for the second year in a row.

'Unprecedented' flooding hits Juneau, Alaska, after glacier outburst

Water in a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, following an outburst of flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Juneau glacial outburst flooding begins; Mendenhall Lake and River ...

Juneau glacial outburst flooding begins; Mendenhall Lake and River set to hit near-record levels ... Water levels in Mendenhall Lake and River ...

Time-lapse photos capture drop of glacial lake in Alaska during ...

An outburst flood from a glacial meltwater lake sent record amounts of water into Mendenhall Lake and down Mendenhall River toward Juneau, Alaska.

Juneau glacier flooding leaves residents looking for long-term ...

For a second straight year, a massive basin to the side of the Mendenhall Glacier burst last week, sending billions of gallons of water rushing ...

Mendenhall Glacier/Suicide Basin flood | By NOAA Climate.Gov

Read more about the event: https://www.climate. gov/news-features/event-tracker/2024-glacial- outburst-flood-near-juneau-sets-record-second-year ...

Suicide Basin - National Weather Service

Since 2011, Suicide Basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and River annually with a record major flood ...

Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital. Suicide Basin is a side ...

WDEF News 12 - Check out the time-lapse of the overall... - Facebook

... Juneau, Alaska, for the second year in a row." - NOAA Climate.gov. CLIMATE.GOV. 2024 Glacial outburst flood near Juneau sets record for second year in a row.

Mendenhall River crests at 10.77 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday

An uncharacteristic late-October glacial outburst flood from Suicide Basin caused the Mendenhall River to crest at 10.77 feet at 11:30 p.m. ...