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Disaster declared in Alaska due to "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding" from glacier lake outburst

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to what he called the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from ...

2.8 magnitude earthquake felt in Olympic National Park near Sequim, WA

A 2.8M earthquake was felt in Olympic National Park Sunday afternoon. The quake struck about a half mile from the community ...
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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Papua in eastern Indonesia — USGS

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but a ...
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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Papua

The epicentre of the quake, which struck at around 5:24 pm (0824 GMT), was around 193 kilometres northwest of the town of ...

Indonesia earthquake LIVE: Huge 6.5 earthquake rocks Indonesia as tsunami feared

A massive 6.5 earthquake rocked Indonesia on Tuesday morning. The USGS also warned that the tremor prompted the risk of a ...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but a ...

6.3-magnitude quake hits Papua in eastern Indonesia; no tsunami warning

The epicentre was 193km north-west of Jayapura city, the provincial capital. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Water supplies not meeting demand in South Dakota’s Black Hills region, study says

Water levels in this major source of drinking water for Rapid City were so low this spring that city leaders implemented water-use restrictions weeks earlier than normal and the state delayed ...
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With a release imminent, scientists say the scale of flooding in the Mendenhall Valley is hard to predict.

Hood boarded a helicopter to investigate. Flying over the glaciers at the head of the Mendenhall River, he saw collapsed ice ...