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2025 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, alaska

2 messages · 2025-07-30 to 2025-08-26

status
closed 2025-08-26 00:00Z
opened
2025-07-30 00:00Z
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
58.387, -134.589
joined by
proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key
pollution:NOAAORR-11047

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    NOAAORR-110472025-07-30 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-08-13 00:00Z
    Juneau, ak 99801, USAother
    Dead Humpback Whale; Juneau, Alaska.
Juneau, AK 99801, USA.
1. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Protected Resources Division requested drift modeling for a deceased humpback whale in Gastineau Channel, in Juneau, Alaska.
2. THREAT: OTHER.
3. POSITION 58.370N 134.580W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11047: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11047
  2. 2
    NOAAORR-110482025-08-12 00:00Z → cancelled 2025-08-26 00:00Z
    2025 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, alaskaother
    2025 Mendenhall Glacier Flood Event; Juneau, Alaska.
Juneau, AK 99801, USA.
1. August 12, 2025: The National Weather Service announced a glacier outburt flood event has begun. Mendenhall lake levels are also showing a release has started. A crest is expected around Wednesday afternoon (August 13) near record levels of somewhere between 16.3 and 16.8ft.
2. THREAT: OTHER.
3. POSITION 58.387N 134.589W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11048: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11048

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