Havasupai Tribe set to receive federal aid for severe flood damage
The Havasupai Tribe is set to receive federal emergency aid to help repair damage caused by severe and deadly flooding this summer.President Joe Biden on Friday approved a disaster declaration for the Havasupai, whose reservation at the southwestern edge of Grand Canyon National Park is one of the most remote in the continental U.S., accessible only by foot, mule or helicopter.Flash flooding in late August swept an Arizona woman into Havasu Creek above the Colorado River confluence, killing her.The rushing waters also sent hikers scrambling for high ground and trapped several in the area above and below Beaver...
Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital city
A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital.Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau. Since 2011 it has released glacier lake outburst floods each year that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River. “We expect moderate flooding from this event, not major flooding,” said Nicole Serrin, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Juneau.Residents had 24 to 36 hours to prepare for flooding, she said. The flood warning was in effect until Monday. The forecast called for the river...