Potential Flooding Warning
- June 19, 2017
PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
Potential Flooding Warning
For immediate release: 06/18/2017 9:00 p.m.
The City of Valdez received notice from Dr. Wolken at the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys that the Valdez Glacier Ice-Dam Lake formed early this year.
The lake, formed by run-off water pooling behind glacial formations, is located in the mountains above Valdez Glacier. When enough water pools behind the ice dam, the pressure causes the ice to rise, allowing the lake to drain down the mountain into the Valdez Glacier Lake and Valdez Glacier Stream. This is called an “outburst event” and may cause flooding and an
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