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  • Residents, officials say HESCO barriers and other protections mostly successful, but some flood woes remain

    Water from a glacial lake outburst flood covers streets at the intersection of Lakeview Court and Meander (Natalie Buttner / Juneau Independent) Original story 2:20 a.m.: A glacial lake outburst flood from Suicide Live river footage from multiple cameras is available at the Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard , along with This year’s outburst flood was detected at about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. lake outburst flood

  • City puts glacial flood protection, school board puts local control at top of legislative priority lists

    Outburst Flood Response, Mitigation & Preparedness," a foremost issue for city leaders since annual record flooding began in 2023. to mitigate the potential widespread damage" from future floods, and that the city has spent about $11.2 The Corps of Engineers has committed funding and other resources towards flood mitigation, for instance "I think that conversation started with respect to the glacial outburst flood," Siddon said.

  • Rocking the river to provide protection along Airport Dike Trail as possibility of glacial flood rises

    Workers seeking to stabilize site that suffered erosion during previous flooding; trail set to reopen An excavator operator then placed the rocks individually to stabilize the site after repeated glacier lake outburst floods eroded the embankment.

  • As flood recovery begins, View Drive residents say misinformation from city leaves them hung out to dry

    ‘Harrowing experience’ for those left to fend for themselves in the 2025 glacial lake outburst flood Like many in the neighborhood, Thorington never expected to be impacted by a glacial lake outburst flood (Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard, University of Alaska Southeast) Rumsey also said an additional geotechnical Smith said during the 2024 outburst flood, they were able to save the crawl space.  The Winters' mailbox was damaged in the 2025 glacial lake outburst flood.

  • Suicide Basin now expected to be full Aug. 8 — officials urge disposal of hazmat, other items now

    Disposal plans for waste and debris in place if another glacial flood occurs, but dropoffs now will greatly hazardous materials may have spilled after the Aug. 6, 2024, glacial outburst flood. lake outburst flood similar to last year’s occurs, officials say. waste items are disposed of now rather than after a flood. Flood Dashboard that provides online monitoring, maps, safety tips and other data.

  • Global report highlights Mendenhall Glacier’s rapid retreat as a catalyst of climate change, warns impacts may speed up

    lake outburst floods largely depends on how quickly Mendenhall Glacier retreats. flooding .  The maps can help measure ice thickness, predict the lifespan of outburst floods and survey future basins She said the joint approach the city and tribe took to respond to the 2025 glacial lake outburst flood lake outburst floods

  • Corps of Engineers to pay for second phase of HESCO barriers, speed up assessment of long-term solution

    Federal officials also said they plan to select a preferred long-term Mendenhall Valley flood mitigation lake outburst floods from Suicide Basin in early to mid August. of this year’s flood — the first with the barriers in place. The five potential long-term solutions outlined by USACE presenters were: 1) flood-control dam(s), 2) levees or floodwalls, 3) bypass channels, 4) a Suicide Basin lake tap and 5) infrastructure relocation

  • CBJ has gotten no FEMA project funds for ’24 glacial flood due to Trump administration freeze, officials say

    flood in August of 2024. flood that damaged hundreds of homes, part of a hold on funds nationwide by the Trump administration About $1.7 million for an estimated 10 flood-related projects are on hold, said Ryan O'Shaughnessy, emergency The FEMA situation also doesn’t directly affect funding for local flood protection resources from the However, a preferred long-term flood solution referred to as a "lake tap" has a projected cost of $613

  • Assembly takes a step toward moving City Hall, a step away from new civic center

    Building on track despite rise in projected cost; mayor proposes redirecting $5M from civic center to flood initiating an effort to redirect $5 million set aside for the project to cover mitigation costs of glacial lake outburst floods in the Mendenhall Valley. transfer, suggesting $1 million be directed toward maintenance costs resulting from this year’s record flood big fan of this project so I'm not withdrawing my support by any stretch of the imagination, but a flood

  • Newest road-accessible cabin bearing Lingít name opens to public

    Its fire pit area and picnic table below it are a few paces from the shore of Mendenhall Lake, and the Schneider said that the next cabin would likely be a second at Mendenhall Lake, similar in design to Windfall Lake and Dan Moller. (Ellie Ruel / Juneau Independent) Due to its susceptibility to glacial lake outburst floods, the cabin Builders elevated the cabin to a few feet above the water level a 20-foot flood would produce.

  • Alaska Science Forum: Mendenhall Glacier to pull toe from lake

    icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say. Hood is part of a UAS team whose members are studying glacier outburst floods from Mendenhall Glacier Native Tlingits may have called the glacier Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ (glacier behind the little lake). lake created by the glacier. For those in Juneau, Hood and Amundson will give a talk, “Researching the Mendenhall Outburst Flood:

  • ‘Worst politicization of the Corps of Engineers in modern times’: Stalled projects raise ire at Senate hearing

    outburst floods. See also: Juneau endures further wait for an enduring solution to glacial lake outburst floods Among other project delays questioned were flood mitigation efforts in Arizona, and flood control and water outburst floods. A "lake tap" drainage tunnel that would reduce the volume of water during floods was picked since it

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