Around the world | Melting ice in Alaska due to climate change causes unprecedented floods

Arab Weather - The results of the rise in temperatures in Alaska due to climate change are still clearly visible in the acceleration of the melting of ice and glaciers there, as the continued melting of ice led to the explosion of a glacier, which led to the level of the Alaska River rising to record levels last Tuesday , and this caused... Devastating floods in the city of Juneau, as happened a year ago with a similar event.

According to reports from official authorities there, more than 100 homes were damaged and this led to the flooding of a glacial lake along the Mandinal River in the Mandinal Valley, according to city officials, who described the severity of the floods as “unprecedented.”

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center said that the melting of ice is considered dangerous, especially in the event of rapid melting due to a significant rise in temperatures, which leads to a sudden rise in the levels of glacial rivers and lakes, which poses a real danger to neighboring cities and villages.

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Alaska is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to climate change

Experts said that the rise in global temperatures due to climate change resulting from air pollution caused by the combustion of fossil fuels has led to a rise in the temperature of the Arctic, including Alaska, at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and this has led to the melting of glaciers, including the Mendenhall and Suicide Rivers. Glaciers, and city officials reported that the lake in the Suicide Basin was filled to the brim on August 1, as this came after higher than normal rainfall last July.

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