{"id":249531,"date":"2024-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=249531"},"modified":"2024-08-09T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:19:53","slug":"alaska-guard-assists-juneau-following-glacial-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=249531","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Guard Assists Juneau Following Glacial Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The Alaska National Guard is assisting with flood recovery and cleanup after an outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier Aug. 6, 2024, caused major flooding in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin. Multiple homes and roads were inundated. (Alaska National Guard courtesy photo)
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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard activated Juneau Guardsmen Aug. 7 to assist with recovery and cleanup following recent flooding after the Mendenhall Glacier\u2019s Suicide Basin released.<\/p>\n

Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Aug. 6.\u00a0Five Guardsmen were activated on state active-duty orders Aug. 7, with two additional Aug. 8.\u00a0Thirty-three Air and Army Guard volunteers from Fairbanks and Anchorage were also expected to fly to Juneau as part of Joint Task Force-Juneau. They will clean up debris and distribute supplies to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are model citizens stepping up to support their communities at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d said Col. Christen Brewer, the joint director of military support, overseeing Guard operations. \u201cFortunately, they are minimally impacted by the flooding and able to integrate into the response to help their friends, family and neighbors in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the flood, the State Operation Emergency Center supported the city and borough of Juneau, issuing an evacuation warning to the flood risk area through the Wireless Emergency Alert system. Local resources have since been exhausted, prompting the SEOC to ask the Alaska National Guard for flood recovery help.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy working closely with the SEOC and local authorities, we aim to provide the necessary resources and manpower to aid in the recovery process,\u201d said Brewer. \u201cWe are here to support the local incident commander and ensure the safety and recovery of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Alaska National Guard is trained, equipped and prepared to provide disaster response support when requested by civil authorities.<\/p>\n

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The Alaska National Guard is assisting with flood recovery and cleanup after an outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier Aug. 6, 2024, caused major flooding in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin. Multiple homes and roads were inundated. (Alaska National Guard courtesy photo) (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo) VIEW ORIGINAL JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249533,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249534,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249531\/revisions\/249534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/249533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}