A multi-story house has been caught on camera tipping into record floodwaters discharged from a nearby glacier.
Footage of a home in Alaska falling into floodwater caused by a glacier lake outburst has been shared widely, appearing on newscasts and going viral on social media.
A record-breaking swell in the Suicide Basin caused the mass discharge of water into the Mendenhall River at the weekend, with meteorologists startled by the 14.97 feet of water recorded on Saturday night. The previous record was 11.99 feet, set in July 2016, the National Weather Service said.
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