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including the risk of river flooding as ice melts. "Recent warm temperatures have melted portions of the ice cover across south central Alaska, causing ice movement and some ice jams," a ...

The project is expected to begin early next year and provide NOAA with high-resolution data from privately managed satellites "to fill observation gaps during Alaska's flood and ice-jam events," the ...

There is also Flash Flood Watch for the ice jam in effect for the lower Kankakee ... like something you might see on an expedition in Alaska on Tuesday. Huge chunks of ice smashed together ...

An outburst flood from a meltwater lake on the Mendenhall Glacier, located about 12 miles north of Juneau, Alaska, sent record amounts of water into Mendenhall Lake and down the Mendenhall River ...

Other rivers across Alaska also saw rapid melting and resultant flooding, prompting Governor Mike Dunleavy to declare a state of emergency on May 13. The rapid melting of ice can trigger ice jams ...