What Is a Glacial Outburst Flood? Alaska's Suicide Basin Explained
Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ... > react
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Exploring the treacherous Dalton Highway
- Alaska
- Dalton Highway
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- Aug 24, 2025 09:00am
The Dalton Highway is one of the most dangerous roads in North America, featuring rough, narrow paths shared with heavy industrial traffic servicing the northern oil fields. Weather conditions can ... Read More
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Shocking dangers of the Dalton Highway!
- Alaska
- Dalton Highway
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Aug 21, 2025 09:00am
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Police increase patrols during Alaska State Fair to keep roads safe
- Alaska
- Glenn Highway
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- 25 views
- Aug 18, 2025 4:35pm
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Alaska glacier tours before summer ends
- Alaska
- Glenn Highway
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- 31 views
- Aug 18, 2025 08:01am
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- Aug 15, 2025 12:44pm
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Temporary barriers spared Alaska's capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive
- Alaska
- 460
- source: Bing
- 31 views
- Aug 15, 2025 09:21am
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst of the flooding in Juneau, to residents' great relief. Read More
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Kenai Peninsula protests Putin's Alaska visit
- Alaska
- Sterling Highway
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- Aug 14, 2025 10:30pm
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
- Alaska
- Lake Otis
- source: Bing
- 27 views
- Aug 14, 2025 4:12pm
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for 3 straight summers. Read More
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Alaska capital Juneau dodges flood as emergency barriers contain 'glacial outburst'
- Alaska
- AK-1 NEAR EAGLEWOOD
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- Aug 13, 2025 11:54pm
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks. Read More
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Threat over after Alaska's capital sees record glacier-related flooding as river tops 16.6 feet
- Alaska
- 460
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- 30 views
- Aug 13, 2025 4:59pm
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Read More
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- Aug 13, 2025 4:22pm
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ... Read More
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What Is a Glacial Outburst Flood? Alaska's Suicide Basin Explained
- Alaska
- Tongass Highway
- source: Bing
- 27 views
- Aug 13, 2025 4:17pm
Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ... Read More
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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing risk as mountain glaciers melt around the world
- Alaska
- AK-7
- source: Bing
- 20 views
- Aug 13, 2025 2:27pm
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for 3 straight summers. Read More
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Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater
- Alaska
- 460
- source: Bing
- 16 views
- Aug 13, 2025 11:47am
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 ... Read More
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Floodwaters from a glacier near Alaska's capital city break record levels and prompt evacuations
- Alaska
- 460
- source: Bing
- 4 views
- Aug 13, 2025 10:56am
By Wednesday morning, the city reported water pooling on a handful of streets after seeping under newly erected barriers designed to protect riverfront homes. Read More
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- source: Bing
- 21 views
- Aug 13, 2025 10:33am
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. Read More
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Floodwaters from Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau break record levels and prompt evacuations
- Alaska
- 460
- source: Bing
- 5 views
- Aug 13, 2025 10:16am
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. Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Aug 13, 2025 09:53am
Juneau braces for record Mendenhall Glacier flooding as climate change drives faster glacial melt and billions of gallons surge toward homes. Read More
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