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Global warming is a tricksy beast. In some places, it’s transforming once-lush environments into barren deserts; in others, it’s doing essentially the opposite – albeit through an irony-fueled, monkey’s paw kind of interpretation of “re-green the Earth’s deserts”. Now, a new set of photos from NASA has laid bare a striking example of the latter effect – and it’s right …

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 …

Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as meltwater escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier – raising fears of record-breaking flooding in the US state’s capital city. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau has issued a flood warning as glacial outburst water flows into Mendenhall River, putting homes in the area at risk. For days, local officials …

While some evacuate, others hunker down ahead of Juneau’s glacial outburst flood  KTOO A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It could send a wave of water downstream toward Juneau  CNN Disaster declared in Alaska’s capital due to ‘catastrophic flooding’ threat from glacial lake outburst  FOX Weather Alaska capital Juneau urged to evacuate as ‘glacial outburst’ flood looms  Yahoo News Canada Some Juneau residents …

Alaska home collapses into flooded river Alaska home collapses into raging river as melting glacier causes flood 01:11 Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of what he called the “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)” in the Juneau area. It would mark the third straight year of …