Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to release.

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Officials are urging residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to release

Flooding from the basin has become an annual concern for residents. On Tuesday officials confirmed water had started escaping the ice dam and was flowing downstream, with flooding expected late Tuesday into Wednesday

In past years the flooding has swept away houses and swamped hundreds of homes

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