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Juneau residents cede half their homes to rising floods
Original: ‘We’ve given up half our home’: Major floods on the rise in Juneau, Alaska
Residents of Juneau, Alaska, say they have given up half their living space as major floods increasingly hit the city. The flooding, linked to a glacial lake that periodically bursts, has repeatedly damaged neighbourhoods along the Mendenhall Valley, forcing families to abandon lower levels of their homes and prompting growing calls for stronger flood defences and federal assistance.
Why now: Major floods are hitting Juneau more often, and residents are speaking out about losing part of their homes.
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- ‘We’ve given up half our home’: Major floods on the rise in Juneau, Alaska · Yale Climate Connections
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