🌄 Alaska Pulse: Rain, Risks & Community Resilience
Hey Alaska watchers! Mother Nature is reminding us she’s not taking breaks. Down in the Portage Valley, heavy rains are putting folks on alert with landslide and tsunami concerns, even closing the Begich-Boggs Visitor Center, cutting short an Airport Heights School field trip. Meanwhile, Juneau is again bracing for glacial floodwaters as Suicide Basin pours into the Mendenhall River. These aren’t distant warnings; they’re happening now. Here’s what’s going on, what scientists are saying, and why you should care. Key Stories Begich, Boggs Visitors Center Source: Girdwood.com Portage Valley Flooding & Begich-Boggs Visitor Center Closure Saturated by persistent, heavy rain, the Portage Glacier area is at increased risk for a landslide to fall into Portage Lake—and potentially trigger a local tsunami near the Begich-Boggs Visitor Center. As a precaution, Forest Service staff have been pulled from the visitor center, which is now closed and will remain so while conditions are reassessed...