Juneau glacier flooding leaves residents looking for long-term solutions

Sean Maguire

SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Local scientists say mitigation methods at Suicide Basin don’t seem feasible while possible solutions downstream could still be hugely costly.

Anchorage Daily News

JUNEAU — Floodwaters from the Mendenhall River rushed under Sam and Amanda Hatch’s home last August at then record-levels. After the water receded, their house sank several inches into the saturated soil, shifting its foundations.

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