Agonizing in Alaska as River Slowly Swallows Home

As Paul Harvey used to say, “and now..the Rest of the Story.”

You’ve probably seen the house collapsing into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, a few days ago following the breakup of an ice dam on the rapidly melting Mendenhall Glacier.
You may have thought, “Well, you shouldn’t build so close to the river.”

The video below gives agonizing context of the raging river’s relentless creep.

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