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Flood threat over, Juneau residents return home after record-setting glacial outburst

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

Temporary barriers spared Alaska’s capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

Juneau residents get all clear after glacial lake outburst sent debris-filled water rushing down Alaska river

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
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As a mountain crumbled Sunday, Alaska experienced its largest landslide-caused tsunami in a decade

Seismic stations more than 600 miles away picked up the rumbling as a mountainside collapsed upon South Sawyer Glacier and ...

A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It’s sending a surge of water downstream toward Juneau

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacier is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in Juneau ...

Flooding in Juneau could impact cruise travelers — what to know

A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
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A 1923 murder of 2 Juneau sex workers and thoughts on women’s public safety in Alaska

The state is one of the most dangerous for women, and based on anecdotal evidence, that trend has been true for more than a century.

‘Significantly less damage than last year’ Juneau flooding damage assessed

City Manager Katie Koester told Alaska’s News Source there was significantly less damage than last year and credited the ...