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Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
USGS streamgages show flood conditions are now underway, with live cameras providing real-time views on the USGS HIVIS ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
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.
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
The Juneau Police Department officer involved in an arrest that sent a man to a Seattle hospital last month has been ...