Glacial Break Leads to Flooding in Alaska

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Over in Alaska. Officials have declared an emergency due to major flooding along the Mendenhall river. That's just 12 miles north of Alaska's capital. The glacial break on suicide basin on the Mendel Hall glacier caused the major flooding and has destroyed several structures washed away homes, closed, road caused road closures. A glacial like outburst flood happens when a dam containing a glacial lake breaks. And according to the National Weather service, the flooding reached areas that have not previously seen flooding before flooding risks for mental melting glaciers continue to increase due to global warming.