The governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy, issued a State Disaster Declaration on Monday as a result of what he called the “imminent threat of catastrophic floods of a flood of burst of the glacier lake (GLOF)” in the area of Juneau. Mark would be the third consecutive year of serious floods related to the glacier in Juneau, the state capital, at the end Southvery Alaska.
The floods would be associated with the suicide basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall glacier, Dunleavy said.
“Hydrological monitoring by the National Meteorological Service (NWS) and the United States Geological Service (USGS) confirms that the volume of water currently confiscated in the suicide basin has reached or exceeded the levels observed the duration in a statement.” “A release is expected at any time. Floods are likely to affect the Mendenhall River and the surrounding neighborhoods in the Mendenhall Valley.”
The statement follows the joint statements of local disasters and the requests for assistance of the city and the municipality of Juneau and two local Indian tribes, Dunleavy said.
A GLOF a year ago caused extended damage to homes, public infrastructure and public services and promoted state and federal disasters statements.
Video posted on social networks He showed imposing trees behind a house that fell on the Mendenhall River while the water moved away on the shore. Possible the house, staggering on the edge, also collapsed in the river.
To try to stop the impact of future floods, Juanneau and the Army Corps of Engineers have installed more than two miles of flood control barriers along the river.
