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Juneau residents grapple with whether to stay or flee as glacial outburst floodwaters rise

  • Alix Soliman, KTOO, Clarise Larson, KTOO, Corinne Smith

As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. Officials managing the flood response recommended residents evacuate by 3 p.m. On Marion Drive, Ann Lind […]