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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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. The destruction came […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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.
The destruction that resulted from a glacial dam bursting in Alaska's capital highlights the danger such flooding poses around the world
People in Alaska's capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one that destroyed at least two homes over the weekend. The water came from a side basin of the spectacular but receding Mendenhall Glacier that is known as the Suicide Basin.
Researchers say such glacial floods could threaten about 15 million people around the world.