Bystanders could only watch as a home collapsed into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, amid major flooding and erosion caused by a new glacier lake outburst flood.
Video taken by resident Sam Nolan shows a multi-story structure collapsing into the river. Nolan watched for more than an hour as the home succumbed to the floodwaters, he said.Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska.Other videos taken by residents show debris and trees floating in Mendenhall River close to Juneau International Airport.The Mendenhall Lake level crested at 14.97 feet on Saturday around 11:15 p.m. local time, well above the previous record of 11.99 feet in July 2016.
Map indicating the location of Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, Alaska. Since 2011, Suicide Basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River.Waters have been falling at a rapid pace of .7 feet per hour, but flooding is ongoing, the NWS said.
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