Alaska Declares Disaster as Suicide Basin Overtops, Posing Flood Risks to Juneau

Disaster declared in Alaska’s capital due to ‘catastrophic flooding’ threat from glacial lake outburst

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Sunday in response to an "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding" from a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) linked to a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier.

Parts of Juneau brace for flooding from water slipping past Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Some Juneau residents in the flood zone have evacuated, heeding warnings. On Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed water had started escaping the ice dam, with flooding expected into Wednesday. The Mendenhall Glacier is about 12 miles (19 kilometers) fro…

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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 Lake has begun.

Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as glacier releases floodwater

Flooding from the basin has become an annual concern, and in recent years has swept away houses and swamped hundreds of homes.

A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It could send a wave of water surging toward Juneau

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacier is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in Juneau for the third consecutive August.