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A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
Keep an eye out Chicago-area homeowners, it’s ice dam season. Ice dams caused by melting snow can cause water to leak into houses. The best way to deal with ice dams is to prevent them from forming.
An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof caused by uneven surface temperatures across your roof. These dams can cause big problems with leaking in your home.
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...
If an ice dam breaks free, it could damage anything it falls on. Removing ice dams from your property can also help reduce significant heat loss from your home. Related coverage ...
Ice dams happen when poor insulation under a roof causes snow to melt, trickle down the roof towards the gutter, freeze up and build up into a dam. Once that happens, excess water can go back into ...
Remember that ice dams originate in roof valleys and eaves, where the lower temperature freezes fresh snow melt. This means that you don't need to attack the entire roof of snow.
After warning residents to prepare to evacuate, Alaska officials confirmed water from the ice dam was flowing downstream, ...
An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof caused by uneven surface temperatures across your roof. These dams can cause big problems with leaking in your home.