Mendenhall Valley Alaska seems to be another area where people are now residing where they ought not to be. Below a glacial melt water lake.. https://www.ktoo.org/2023/08/05/city-recommends-evacuations-as-juneau-sees-record-flooding-from-glacial-outburst-flood/
@vickyveritas June 2020: Outburst floods, which occur when water dammed by a glacier suddenly releases and floods downstream areas, have occurred from Suicide Basin almost every year since 2011, when the glacier-dammed lake first began forming during the summer months. https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-study-highlights-findings-and-predictions-juneau-glacial-outburst-flood
@Gaythia An ironically named basin. A jökulhlaup is no joke.
@vickyveritas The Mendenhall Valley below Suicide Basin sounds to me as if the "zoning" were done by Sarah Palin and friends. In addition to the jökulhlaup threat from the Mendenhall Glacier which is part of a much larger ice sheet, the outflow area apparently has no water system (or sewer??) There is no central water-supply system in the valley. Water is obtained from wells, from small surface catchment systems, and from rain. https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/259/report.pdf
@Gaythia Yikes! Very sad, Gaythia.