After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses – Winnipeg Free Press
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Here are some issues surrounding glaciers and the floods that result from the bursting of snow-and-ice dams.
Residents in Alaska’s capital city have lived with periodic glacial dam outbursts for more than a decade. But the latest flood, which destroyed at least two homes over the weekend,
The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off a bobbing chunk of its roof. Next door, a condo building teetered on the edge of the bank, its foundation already having fallen away as erosion undercut it.
Climate change is melting glaciers, a study says. But the relationship between the changing climate and glacial outburst floods like the one in Juneau is complicated, scientists say.