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

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

Too much water behind these dams or a landslide into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys, wiping out everything in the way. Most ...

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

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

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