Alaska’s Juneau orders evacuations as record glacier flood looms
Mendenhall Glacier outburst threatens homes, with scientists warning events are intensifyingAlaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier,...
<p>Mendenhall Glacier outburst threatens homes, with scientists warning events are intensifying</p><p>Alaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier, with the event being driven by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate change</a> amid glacial retreat, <a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/major-flood-outburst-mendenhall-glacier-alaska-not-possible-without">according to</a> a federal agency.</p><p>Summer glacial flooding, known as a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, threatens parts of the city due to a combination of rainwater and snowmelt.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/alaskas-juneau-glacier-flood-record-climate">Continue reading...</a>
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