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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...

  🌟 Today’s Top Alaska Headlines Alaska's Prow Knob (the big island on the right of the lake) used to be surrounded by ice. Source: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. New island emerges from melting glacier A new landmass, now named  Prow Knob , has broken away from the retreating Alsek Glacier in Glacier Bay. Scientists say the event highlights the rapid impact of climate change on Alaska’s coastal geography. 🔗  Live Science Japan reviewing $44B Alaska LNG project Japan has hired consulting firm Wood Mackenzie to evaluate the viability of the long-delayed Alaska LNG project, once promoted by the Trump administration. The project’s future could determine the next phase of Alaska’s natural gas exports. 🔗  Reuters Researcher dies in Mendenhall Glacier accident Source: Riccardo Pozzobon Facebook Page Riccardo Pozzobon, 40, a planetary geology researcher, died after being swept into a moulin — a verti...

    Alaska Alert: From Bear Attacks to Glacial Near-Misses in the Last Frontier Top Stories in Alaska Today, Saturday, August 30, 2025  Bear Attack Shakes Kenai—Woman Pulled Into the Wild Ariean Fabrizio Colton, Facebook A 36-year-old mother of three, Ariean Fabrizio Colton from Kenai, was viciously attacked and dragged by a bear as she jogged near her home, a frightening incident locals initially mistook for a pet mauling. Rushed to an Anchorage hospital by helicopter, she underwent multiple surgeries and is now recovering. A GoFundMe has raised over $58,000 toward her $100,000 medical bill. Wildlife officials remain on high alert.  The Sun Frozen Fjord, Raging Waters—Alaska’s Close Call Landslide Oblique aerial photo of the August 10, 2025 landslide captured during a field reconnaissance overflight on August 13, 2025. Look direction is to the west On August 10, a massive landslide in Tracy Arm Fjord unleashed a colossal tsunami, rocks from the South Sawyer Glacier ...