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Juneau flood barriers and early warning prevent major damage, amid record-breaking glacial outburst
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby residential area.
An AT&T spokesperson said in an email exchange earlier this week that service disruptions were related to flooding in Juneau ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
‘It would have been catastrophic’: Juneau’s temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding
The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water ...
For three years in a row, Juneau has had unprecedented flooding in August from a melting glacier. This year, officials built a levee to protect the city. It seems to have helped, but it's temporary.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
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Temporary barriers spared Alaska’s capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...
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