Timelapse captures flooding from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital | ABS-CBN News

More than 100 homes in Alaska's capital Juneau have been damaged by a glacial dam that burst north of the city on Tuesday (August 6), an increasingly frequent phenomenon exacerbated by climate change. A timelapse video captured the rising level of water and ice behind the glacial dam near the Mendenhall Glacier before it burst, sending water flowing into residential areas. The flooding began on Monday night after water spilled out from the glacial lake at Suicide Basin, which annually fills with rainwater and meltwater and is usually dammed by the retreating Mendenhall Glacier. If enough water fills the basin, it can burst through or overtop the ice damming it in. The overflow crested at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday, with the Mendenhall River at 15.99 feet, the National Weather Service said. The river's levels had dropped back to normal by Wednesday. Local authorities had warned residents near the river to take precautions and opened a local school as a shelter. City officials said no injuries have been reported. — Report from Reuters For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmi83yKJH8Dv0p_3D4cyZKzV Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC: http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews #Exclusive #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews