Emergency response officials provided information and materials related to glacier outburst floods, with weather forecasters predicting such a flood from Suicide Basin is likely within a few weeks. outburst flood during the coming weeks. opportunities to talk to local emergency agency officials, and around-the-clock updates to residents if a flood residents in remote villages, and those communities have in recent years been hit with major storms, floods

Meetings discussing preferred alternatives for long-term flood solution proposals remain closed to media Engineers held its first full-day meeting of three this week to discuss five options for a long-term flood Specialist for the USACE Alaska District, notified Juneau media that USACE was no longer available to take

he worked Riccardo Pozzobon, a researcher at a university in Italy, died in a fall on the Mendenhall Glacier photo) By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent A man who died in a fall last Tuesday on the Mendenhall Glacier who had arrived about a week earlier to participate in a study of fractures of the Juneau Icefield glaciers "This approach will allow transferring knowledge acquired from studying terrestrial glaciers to the study

additional remarks Approximate sites for a proposed mine service road between the Eagle and Herbert Glacier Forest Service cabin near Herbert Glacier, based on data provided by the State of Alaska and Forest Service The remaining two comments are analytical statements by government entities that do not take a formal Don’t take it any further by authorizing a destructive projection such as this. The other analytical comment — which doesn’t take a yes/no stance, but makes a definitive demand — is

At least 68 people were killed by the flooding in Kerr County, Sheriff Larry Leitha said. During flooding in the summer of 1987, he spent more than 30 days looking for bodies. But he said this flood is twice as bad as it was in 1987. is a potential for flooding. "People, businesses, and governments should take action based on Flash Flood Warnings that are issued

Engineering & Public Works department will begin construction on West 8th Street between F Street and Glacier What to expect: The intersection of Glacier Avenue and West 8th Street will be closed to the public beginning The stops at the Federal Building, Downtown Fire Station and Glacier Avenue at 12 th  Street will be

But state access to the road makes it challenging. She said while tourism is a successful industry, it’s harder to make ends meet — fuel costs are one-third “If it doesn’t make sense to raise it, we won’t,” said John Suomala, a recreation program manager for “It’s kind of an administrative burden, and it’s confusing for the public because it seems like we’re look at all the comments, propose a decision to the Washington office, as well as the fee board, and make

some leakage, we all know that there would have been hundreds of more homes devastated by the last glacier outburst, had CBJ not invested $3.5 million in installing 2.5 miles of HESCO barriers in the Valley. The Affordable Juneau signs around town suggest that in order to make Juneau affordable, voters should education, let alone respond to a flood emergency that now appears to be an annual event.   glacial outbursts and unexpected events like the pandemic. 

Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, advanced to a floor vote earlier this month. Senate floor after passing out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We wanted to make sure that we were working with the House to do an identical measure, so that when “To make that decision for themselves and for the benefit of their people.” Murkowski said the current language and circumstances make her hopeful this bill will pass the Senate

Independent Thomas Casey, 69, was found deceased on Monday after falling off-trail near the Mendenhall Glacier On Monday at 5 p.m., the search teams located Casey on the west side of the glacier, off the trail.

The commission's 2019 report analyzed threats to communities from flooding, erosion and permafrost degradation the University of Alaska Fairbanks, scored 187 communities according to the threats they faced from flooding “It didn’t make sense to just look at permafrost thaw, erosion and flooding when there are new hazards outburst flooding, typhoon and drought,” Jessica Evans, an environmental planner with the same contractor Landslides of different types are occurring around Alaska and are tied to forces like glacial retreat

But Robbins noted other factors like capacity issues and the cabin’s complexity were larger drivers to The public comment period  to object to the Herbert Glacier project ends March 9. The proposed cabin at the end of the Herbert Glacier Trail. (U.S. of the Herbert Glacier. “It would be incredibly challenging, likely impossible, to protect the proposed cabin from potential