New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

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The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

Alaska's capital suffered massive flooding and record-high water levels after an ice dam burst at a nearby glacier, releasing ...

Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Local author Naomi Klouda publishes dictionary for Alaska’s glaciers Copies of ‘The Alaska Glacier Dictionary’ are available at the Homer Bookstore and the Homer Public Library.

Greenland’s Harder Glacier and a subglacial flood outburst site (right bottom) can be seen in a Landsat satellite image acquired on August 1, 2014.

A sign marking a tsunami evacuation route in Sand Point, Alaska on July 29, 2025. (Theo Greenly/KDSP) A tsunami warning was lifted for Alaska communities in the western Aleutians on Tuesday ...

When you live in Alaska, hiking to a glacier is something you do on your day off from work just because you can.

According to a release from the park service, they were called by Alaska State Troopers on Monday afternoon. They were told that two people were stranded in the “Exit Creek Prohibited Visitor Use Zone ...

A glacial outburst caused a flood at a high-end resort in Northern Pakistan, leading to a dramatic evacuation.