Jakarta – A flood disaster hit the Capital City of Alaska on Saturday (5/8/2023) last weekend. There was one building destroyed by this flood until it was swallowed up by the swift flow of the river due to the flood. This is how it looks,
Quoted from Reuters, a white terraced house was seen destroyed and washed away by the swift flow of the flood. A video shows the seconds the house was ‘swallowed’ by the flood.
The house is located in Mendenhall, the capital of Alaska. flooding hit the area over the weekend due to a glacial burst.
As can be seen from the video, the swift river flow quickly washed away the house. Only part of the buildings remained on the mainland.
Due to the flood which is the biggest in Mendenhall, the government is encouraged to immediately evacuate local residents.
The National Weather Service (NWS) received reports of large trees falling into the Mendenhall River near Juneau on Saturday evening as water levels rose, eroding the banks.
Glacial burst flooding occurs when trapped water escapes through cracks in thinning ice dams, a phenomenon that is increasing worldwide as a result of climate change.
Lake Mendenhall was nearly 15 feet (4.6 m) early Sunday, up 3 feet from the previous record set in 2016, and 5 feet above “moderate” flood levels, according to the NWS.
Water levels receded rapidly in the Mendenhall River in Alaska on Sunday morning, but a flood warning remained in effect until 10 a.m. local time, the NWS said.
Such extreme weather is expected to increase as a result of human-caused climate change, with scientists reporting that it played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the record-breaking heat wave that hit North America, Europe and China in July.
Melting glaciers driven by climate change and unusually heavy monsoon rains submerged large parts of Pakistan last year, destroying crops and infrastructure and killing at least 1,700 people.
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2023-08-08 04:45:00
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