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A researcher from Italy is missing after falling into a stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier – after the body of another man, a hiker from Arizona, was found earlier this week off a trail near the glacier, authorities said. According to the state department of public safety, Alaska wildlife troopers received a report on Tuesday that a man had gone …

Alaska’s glacial flood hit Juneau. Its makeshift wall held.  The Washington Post A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster  CNN Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding in Juneau  BBC Mendenhall River Hit Record High From Glacier Melt  The New York Times Barriers prevent severe flooding in Alaska capital …

Alaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier, with the event being driven by climate change amid glacial retreat, according to a federal agency. Summer glacial flooding, known as a glacial lake outburst flood, or GLOF, …

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Some Juneau residents in the flood zone have evacuated, heeding warnings, and officials there intensified their warnings Tuesday, saying “Don’t wait, Evacuate TONIGHT.” On Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed water …

Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to release. Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning they …

In this image provided by Tim Hatfield, cars leave Homer Spit on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Tim Hatfield via AP) ANCHORAGE — Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warning for the region. There were …