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 ...

Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.

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

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 ...

Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...

The melting glacier is pouring water into a lake and river that runs through the state’s capital, threatening the area with historic flooding for the third straight year.

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