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The water came from a side basin of the spectacular but receding Mendenhall Glacier that is known as the Suicide Basin. After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks ...
The U.S. Geological Survey has monitored the Suicide Basin since 1965 but it was not until July 2011 that a glacial dam outburst was recorded. Since then, the basin has burst more than 30 times ...
Minor flood stage for the Mendenhall River is 12 feet (3.7 m), and a level of 14 feet (4.3 m) is more likely to cause extensive problems. If the Mendenhall is at minor flood stage, however, it is likely that areas such as Montana Creek, Jordan Creek, and the Mendenhall Lake are also experiencing flooding at that time.
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Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, squeezes towards Gibert Point on 20 May 2002.The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord (top) from Disenchantment Bay (below). A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a type of outburst flood caused by the failure of a dam containing a glacial lake.
A jökulhlaup The impounded lake a month earlier, before the same jökulhlaup. A jökulhlaup (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjœːkʏl̥ˌl̥œyp] pronunciation ⓘ) (literally "glacial run") is a type of glacial outburst flood. [1]
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