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Residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater

Residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater

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 …

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