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…
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…
new video loaded: Crying Glacier transcript Back transcript Crying Glacier What does a melting glacier sound like? Artist Ludwig Berger attempts to record a disappearing environment. When you look at this gigantic mass of ice, it’s hard to get a personal relationship to it. So we wanted to document this landscape to give us an…
If you’re told to envision an alpine rescue dog, you’ll likely conjure up a mental image of a St. Bernard or a German Shepherd. A long-haired Chihuahua probably would not spring to mind. But it may be time to give the diminutive yappers some due respect. A man — who has not been named —…
