Juneau residents rally around tunnel solution to glacial outburst flooding

Debbie Penrose Fischer was rescued by Capital City Fire/Rescue after flood water surrounded her home on Gee Street in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Debbie Penrose Fischer)
Juneau residents in the glacial lake outburst flood zone are rallying around a single, long-term solution: a tunnel. At a community-led meeting, a local mining expert presented an alternative tunneling method that could cut the cost of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed project in half.
More than a hundred people sat