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Expanding Alaska Glacial Lakes Increasing Risk of Destructive Floods
Mar 13 2026 // Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When the river level begins to rise rapidly, it’s a sign that Suicide Basin, a small glacier-dammed lake 5...
Climate Change Is Straining Alaska’s Arctic; a Mining Road May Push it Past the Brink
Dec 12 2025 // Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by...
Magnitude-7.0 Earthquake Hit Remote Area Along Alaska-Canada Border
Dec 8 2025 // A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday. There was no tsunami warning, and officials said there were no immediate reports...
Crews Work to Fix Alaska Native Villages Devastated by Floods
Nov 10 2025 // Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven...
Alaska Airlines Vows IT Upgrades After Outage Forces 400 Flight Cancellations
Oct 27 2025 // U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said it had restored operations after a technology outage that grounded flights across the country and forced it to cancel more than 400 flights, disrupting travel for more than 49,000...
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