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  • 2026 will begin with a short break from snow, plans for avalanche hazard reduction in Thane

    "The snow removal process takes a long time because we basically have to, either with snow blowers or loaders, load all of that snow up into dump trucks and then take it away." the new method aligns with the city's "ready, set, go" model used in response to preparing for 2025's glacial lake outburst flood. "So we really appreciate everybody being prepared, and that looks like having a go bag, knowing what

  • View Drive residents’ best option to fight the flood may be to move

    Minor yard flooding on View Drive begins at a 10-foot flood stage according to the Juneau Glacial Flood At 14 feet, more homes see moderate to major flooding. Flood Response  page. lake outburst flood typically occurs within days after capacity is reached, according to National Weather , so that flood damages aren’t worsened for other residents, and also keep flood damages from occurring

  • Hopes for federal flood help, fears of state fiscal crisis shared with Juneau’s leaders by lawmakers, lobbyists

    flooding, but the state is teetering on the edge of a fiscal cliff without a lot of optimism a rescue because some of the presenters had to depart mid-meeting, but also because those included updates on flood lake outburst flood. A short-term priority is submitting legislative language for flood projects the delegation can push in Officials have said a long-term flood solution is likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and

  • USACE again says lake tap is frontrunner for long-term flood mitigation, denies it abandoned that stance

    planned in the months and years ahead Glacial flood solutions for Juneau are discussed during a press is back as the most viable long-term glacial flooding solution for the Mendenhall Valley — and the head Army Corps of Engineers, discusses glacial flood control measures in Juneau during a press conference lake tap, dam, floodwall/levee, hybrid (dam and floodwall/levee) and relocation. In the letter, the mining entities expressed their support for a lake tap as the long-term flooding solution

  • Red Cross and city open emergency shelter at Centennial Hall for evacuees vacating avalanche paths

    call at about 4:30 p.m., Skinner said the warming shelter would be relocated to the Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱ Glacier She said the Marie Drake building was making creaking noises that raised concern for unsafe weight on The gymnasium roof of Glacier Valley was determined to be safe, according to Skinner. The City and Borough of Juneau's avalanche advisory page suggests a go bag of food, water, medications the glacial lake outburst flood and the increased number of fatal landslides,” she said.

  • Assembly, school board candidates face off in forum as city mails ballots to voters

    could mean not being able to collect sufficient funds for emergency or unanticipated situations such as flood differed from the incumbents when asked about protective measures after three straight years of record glacial lake outburst floods from Suicide Basin. He said dredging of Mendenhall Lake should be done to increase its holding capacity if a flood occurs although federal officials have said such projects would require detailed and lengthy study since the lake

  • City: Up to $1M in HESCO repairs, next phase of barrier installation, long-term fix are next flood protection steps

    Last week’s record flood demonstrates need for "enduring solutions" that will safeguard area for generations Borough of Juneau) By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent Among the key lessons from this year’s record flood The glacial lake outburst flood from Suicide Basin that started on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 11, Some neighborhoods with barriers experienced flooding due to water seeping through the HESCO barriers Joseph Goetz II, both of whom are advancing efforts toward a long-term flood-prevention solution.

  • Juneau Assembly asks flood disaster victims on View Drive to help pay for their own buyout

    Parise brought Hurtt lunch and offered help on View Drive in the wake of the flood. Army Corps of Engineers is not authorized to provide temporary flood protection for the area. But while a lake tap  has been chosen as a long-term solution to annual glacial lake outburst flooding After the 2025 flood, View Drive resident Angela Smith said that, like her neighbors, she was considering emptying the entire bottom floor of her house and never refilling it because “it’s just going to flood

  • CBJ applies for permit exemption for HESCO barriers already installed, citing FEMA changes in April

    Agency and the State of Alaska’s disaster response section inspect areas damaged by an August 2024 glacial lake outburst flood during a visit in March of this year. The National Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM maps) adopted in 2018, which are still used for floodplain development permitting and flood insurance purposes, are different than the updated flood inundation outburst floods is evaluated and implemented.

  • Alaska Science Forum: The secrets within Hummingbird Lake

    This photo is of a similar lake in Southeast Alaska. Glacial ice smothered most of the area not too long ago. So, when did all those plants get there? Hummingbird Lake holds some answers. Hints of this “glacial refugia” in the vicinity of southwest Baranof Island include researchers’ discovery Glacial ice began to melt starting around 17,000 years ago, but several thousand years passed before

  • Auke Lake RALLY to offer summer child care in Juneau

    Auke Lake Preschool runs Auke Lake RALLY as an after-school child care program at Auke Bay Elementary School, Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx – Glacier Valley Elementary and Harborview Elementary School. Once the school year ends, Auke Lake RALLY will continue to operate as a summer program from May 26 to

  • Ralliers rejoice after override restores education funding increase

    The Alaska Legislature also overrode the governor’s veto  of Senate Bill 183 , which aims to make oil also taken and replaced with Chromebooks, and the number of photocopies she and other teachers could make Speakers also addressed frustration around authoritarianism, defunding of public media, homelessness, glacial lake outburst flooding, and a recent incident in Juneau in which a man was hospitalized after being “We're not allowed to make much noise, so we just smiled wide.”

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