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The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control said Saturday that evacuations have been ordered along Vallecito Creek and north of Vallecito Lake due to a levee breach and flooding. Areas of the San Juan River north of Pagosa Springs are also flooded, as well as the South Fork of the Rio Grande. Heavy rainfall in southwest Colorado is causing …

‘It would have been catastrophic’: Juneau’s temporary levee protects most homes from record flooding  KTOO A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster  CNN Barriers prevent severe flooding in Alaska capital after glacier outburst  The Guardian Mendenhall River Hit Record High From Glacier Melt  The New York Times Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt …