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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.
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
By Wednesday morning, the city reported water pooling on a handful of streets after seeping under newly erected barriers ...
Several roads were flooded, but city officials credit barriers with preventing more damage from Mendenhall Glacier outburst.
Communities in Alaska have issued flood warnings and evacuations as the glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall ...
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