Flood officials call 2026 glacial outburst ‘anticlimactic’

Tlingit and Haida President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson shares information about the recent flood at a press briefing on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
At a press conference Thursday evening, Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, called the glacial outburst flood event “anticlimactic.” 
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