Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...

Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

At a Thursday morning press conference, the GLOF Unified Command team said they’ve officially begun recovery efforts ...

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

Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.

A "glacial outburst" threatens major flooding in Alaska's capital city as a glacial lake flood phenomenon inundates the ...

Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...