STEELE

 

Event description

 

In August 1978 `Hazard Lake` released 19,62 Mio m³ of water through a subglacial tunnel beneath Steel Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada. The peak discharge was estimated at 640 m³/s.

 

Damage

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Data source

 

Clarke, G. K. C. (1982): Glacier outburst floods from �Hazard Lake�, Yukon Territory, and the problem of flood magnitude prediction. Journal of Glaciology, 28 (98), 3 - 4.

 

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