Residents share experiences, ask about future flood outlook Eran Hood, a hydrologist at the University (Ellie Ruel / Juneau Independent) By Ellie Ruel Juneau Independent This year’s glacial lake outburst Suicide Basin has caused outburst floods since 2011, but they were small compared to the full-basin releases they were going upward, and it's like the message was that the flood gets bigger every year,” he said It felt like we were packing up and moving before the flood.

City contractors installing HESCO flood barriers on March 24, 2025. to provide technical assistance and temporary flood protection against the increasing future glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) at 100% Federal cost with no cost to the Public Sponsor (CBJ).  barriers to construct a fortified, complete temporary flood barrier along the unprotected, populated More information about flood fighting, flood emergency preparedness and the pursuit of an enduring solution

The current Mendenhall Lake forecast scenario shows the glacial lake outburst flood, if it began Sunday In August 2024, the glacial lake outburst flood caused widespread damage to homes, public infrastructure "This situation that we're in right now isn't considered a flash flood warning because it takes 48 hours "A flash flood is imminent, and like very short-fused, very fast rushing water, much more faster than "It would take us a relatively short amount of time, a few minutes, to get that flood warning issued

The evacuation advisory zones for the 2026 glacial lake outburst flood, highlighted in red. He was joined by Zach Burkhart, who lives right outside the flood zone. He said sandbags kept water out of their house during last year’s record-breaking glacial lake outburst flood, so they’re planning to deploy them again this year. , View Drive is flooded at around 30,000 cfs.

Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska's Public Safety Division took part in flood lake outburst flood. The 2023 flood peaked on Aug. 5 and the 2024 flood on Aug. 6. Information will be provided on the city’s pump plan, evacuation mapping, efforts to reduce flood risk to homes, and recommendations on what to do before and after the outburst.

slurry of water, icebergs and silver silt between jagged peaks, and it’s the source of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. The Mendenhall Glacier revealed the basin as its retreat reshapes parts of Juneau’s topography…( View

The request is "in anticipation of a potentially imminent and record level glacial lake outburst flood The flood forecast remains unchanged from a 1 p.m. The Mendenhall Lake is seen rising at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area shortly before the area Wednesday The Mendenhall River is rising at the rate forecast when the glacial lake outburst flood from "And then late tonight (or) early Thursday morning, that's when we are going to forecast that major flood

A graph shows the forecast height of the Mendenhall River from a glacial outburst flood that occurred Original story 10:45 a.m.: A glacial lake outburst flood from Suicide Basin has occurred and flooding lake outburst flood expected to peak Wednesday afternoon. An emergency alert about a glacial lake outburst flood occurring at Suicide Basin is issued at about (City and Borough of Juneau) Evacuation and other flood information is available at the Juneau Glacial

In past years a glacial lake outburst flood has typically occurred within six days of the basin’s capacity At this time there is no indication that there is an outburst flood event taking place." during last summer’s glacial outburst flood event. Flood Dashboard . lake outburst flood during the coming days.

has been cited as a cause of numerous significant issues in Juneau, most notably increasingly severe glacial lake outburst floods that have reached record levels the past three years and are expected to continue

river” that stretched from the Aleutian Islands through mainland Alaska, bringing midwinter rain and flood and Pacific cod to tiny organisms that make up the base of the food web, have been pushing out the more ’s glacial outburst flood in Juneau, a phenomenon that has become an annual occurrence in Alaska’s capital Glacial outburst floods are increasing in frequency and severity in certain parts of the Arctic and subarctic Glacial melt is also tied to another extreme event that happened this summer in Southeast Alaska: the

(Ellie Ruel / Juneau Independent) By Ellie Ruel Juneau Independent As another late-summer glacial lake outburst flood from Suicide Basin looms, Mendenhall Valley residents and several state, federal, and lake outburst flood last August crested at a record 16.65 feet, with officials stating there was no was progressing and why the barriers are being updated to withstand an outburst flood flowing at 63,500 Flood Dashboard.