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A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts ...
Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.
Some parts of Juneau, Alaska, have received an immediate evacuation notice amid the risk of a record surge of ...
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...
Watery Mess Parts of Alaska's state capital of Juneau flooded earlier this week after a melting glacier near the city and ...
Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning they ...
Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning, they confirmed water had started escaping the ice dam and flowing downstream, with ...