This is interesting timing.
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has declared a state disaster declaration just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit the state to meet with President Trump.
Dunleavy has made the declaration as a response to an imminent threat of flooding that is supposed to hit Juneau from a glacier lake outburst.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of the “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)” in the Juneau area. It would mark the third straight year of serious glacier-related flooding in Juneau pic.twitter.com/6hg37zn2Az
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CBS News reported more on Governor Mike Dunleavy’s declaration:
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