Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

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

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

USGS streamgages show flood conditions are now underway, with live cameras providing real-time views on the USGS HIVIS ...

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

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 ...

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

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

According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau, the Mendenhall River crested at 16.65 feet – which now makes it the largest glacial lake outburst flooding event ever recorded.

An overflowing glacial lake at the foot of Suicide Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska, caused the Mendenhall River to surge to ...