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A map shows where in Alaska may be at risk of serious flooding from sea level rise by 2100. A new study from University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student Richard Buzard, found that communities ...
Flooding occurred once more in the Anchor River ... up to a depth of 18 inches. The Alaska Department of Transportation closed Anchor Point Road on Monday because of the overreaching water.
The Susitna is listed among the nation’s most endangered rivers; the report cites threats posed by the proposed West Susitna ...
Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood In her yard under the blazing sun Wednesday, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged ...
A house has fallen into the Mendenhall river in Alaska's capital, Juneau after record glacial flooding in the city. The subsidence prompted city officials to issue evacuation orders for residents ...
Glacial outburst floods, also known as jökulhlaups ... U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III (R-AK) both said during recent visits to Juneau they consider that timeline ...
DYERSBURG, Tennessee. — Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding came Saturday for parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also ...
Juneau is installing massive sand-filled barriers to protect 450 homes in Mendenhall Valley from expected glacier floodwaters this fall. Officials aim to finish by July 1.
Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Water from the melting ice often drains ...