Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say.
City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall River unstable and blocked some roads with silt and debris. “Although river levels continue to fall, at least two structures have been lost to the river and others are at risk and/or have been evacuated,” the City and Borough of Juneau said in a news release Sunday morning.
Though the Suicide Basin has been releasing outbursts of glacial water into the adjacent lake and river since 2011, the weather service warned that the current flooding is affecting areas that have not previously seen this flooding. Due to unstable river banks, city officials strongly advised residents against going near the river. They also warned that some fuel tanks and hazardous material containers were impacted by the flooding.
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