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Instead of heavy rain, there was blue sky and sunshine ... and the City and Borough of Juneau alerted the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center (MGVC) staff that a glacial outburst flood was occurring ...
Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. A craggy expanse of gray, white and blue ...
A glacial outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier began Monday, causing water levels to reach up to 16 feet in Juneau by Tuesday. The glacier's Suicide Basin began to peak on Aug. 1 after July ...
This is a developing story. A warning about a sizeable collapse of the Mendenhall Glacier, following active calving recently and a large crack on its face, was issued by the U.S. Forest Service on ...
The torrent was caused by glacial lake outburst flooding from the Suicide Basin – an ice- and water-filled basin adjacent to Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier – and flowed into the Mendenhall Lake ...
A river that winds through the state capital of Alaska was overflowing with runoff from the Mendenhall Glacier over the weekend. By Claire Moses Residents in Alaska’s capital, Juneau ...
Homes and apartments were damaged or destroyed by a flood in Juneau, Alaska, caused by the melting Mendenhall glacier. Climate change is making these kinds of floods a growing issue around the world.
City officials in Juneau, Alaska, issued an emergency declaration Sunday after a glacier lake outburst flood, from the Suicide Basin on the Mendenhall Glacier, wreaked havoc in the city.
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of Alaska’s most accessible and most stunning and iconic natural wonders, the Mendenhall Glacier, located in the Tongass National Forest ...
An outburst of flooding from a glacier brought severe flooding to Alaska's capital, with more than 100 homes experiencing damage. The glacial outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier began ...