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A pair of Southeast Alaska disasters, including a deadly landslide in Haines and a glacial flood that dropped homes into a Juneau river, has inspired the Alaska Senate to raise the cap on state disaster aid. On Monday, the Senate voted 19-0 to pass Senate Bill 236, which would increase the maximum amount of state […] The post After glacial flood and landslides, Alaska Senate votes to raise state disaster aid limit appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

A new study finds that as glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, some 15 million people across the globe are living in the danger zone of a sudden and deadly outburst flood.

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