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Hundreds of people in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley are living on the front line of a climate change disaster they didn’t see coming. This is Outburst , the story of how glacial outburst flooding has escalated faster than human imagination – and public policies to protect people.

The KTOO newsroom and reporter Alix Soliman take you from the floodwaters to the glacier’s edge to uncover why the annual floods happen, how they got out of control and what can be done to keep Juneau safe.

On Aug. 6, 2024, when many residents of Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley woke to freezing water rushing into their homes. Glacial outburst floods aren’t new to Juneau, but they’ve escalated dramatically in the last few years.

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