Tag: flood

Juneau, Alaska, Opinion by David Ignell Bill Wildes, a former lieutenant in the Glacier Valley Fire Department is worried the next jokulhlaup in the Mendenhall Valley could result in substantial…

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Small Business Administration (SBA) are in Juneau this week to conduct a Joint Preliminary Damage Assessment following…

By: Joaqlin Estus A Southeast Alaska tribe is continuing to respond to a glacial outburst that flooded some 290 homes in Juneau. Early estimates show around 14.6 billion gallons of…

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – As of this weekend, CBJ and the American Red Cross of Alaska have completed preliminary damage assessments of neighborhoods impacted by the August 6 Mendenhall River…

Juneau, Alaska (AP) — In her yard under the blazing sun Wednesday, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted…

By: Claire Stremple and James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Forty-three people spent the night in Juneau’s emergency shelter at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Monday night as a record-high flood from…

In the early morning hours of August 6, the Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet, causing unprecedented flooding in the Mendenhall Valley. Although, fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities,…

At a special Assembly meeting today, August 6, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly declared a local emergency following the Mendenhall River glacial outburst flood and formally requested state and federal…