Record-breaking river flooding caused by a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska. The flooding has prompted local evacuations as the region is inundated with water. The Suicide Basin has been releasing glacial water into the adjacent lake and river since 2011, but the current flooding is affecting areas that have not been previously impacted.
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jamiel Lynch | CNN
City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall River unstable and blocked some roads with silt and debris. Due to unstable river banks, city officials strongly advised residents against going near the river. They also warned that some fuel tanks and hazardous material containers were impacted by the flooding.
As the lake’s levels continued to recede Sunday, the weather service announced its flood warning had expired.
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