Mark Ingalls Aug 6, 2023

19:30 AKDT Saturday - Record flooding is occurring in the Mendenhall Glacier area of Juneau, #Alaska as the glacial ice dam in the Suicide Basin area has burst.

#AKwx #flood #weather #wxtooter

https://www.weather.gov/ajk/suicideBasin

Suicide Basin

Show threadAI6YR BenAug 6, 2023
@ingalls Uhhhhhh
Show threadRichard CantzlerAug 6, 2023

@ai6yr @ingalls we were JUST there 4 days ago at the visitors center and Nugget Falls... Is there a video/time lapse of the actual lake level increase?

The sand bar area at the front of Nugget Falls is barely above the waterline... Has to be flooded entirely now... I can't imagine what a 6 foot increase in lake level must look like.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vvyykFyx3huhhKKbA

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Show threadMark Ingalls Aug 6, 2023
@ai6yr @cantzler The NWS link in my original toot has a timelapse of the Suicide Basin lake dropping but I don’t know of one for Mendenhall Lake.
Show threadAI6YR Ben
@ingalls @cantzler Let's see if this works... time lapse of #glacial #lake in #SuicideBasin #NuggetCreek #AK #AKwx
Aug 6, 2023 at 4:16amWeb
Show threadAustin GodberAug 6, 2023
@ai6yr @ingalls @cantzler wonderful
Show threadAI6YR BenAug 6, 2023
@ingalls @cantzler The last two frames (!)
Show thread@other95Aug 6, 2023
@ai6yr Just stunning. And scary.
Show threadBen TohAug 6, 2023
@ai6yr first impression was mudpie 😬
Show threadAI6YR BenAug 6, 2023
@bentoh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tjsuUen9ow
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown: The Flood Arrives (2006)

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