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

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...

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

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

A video provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shows flooding in Juneau after a glacial ...

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

Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...

The NWS in Juneau issued a flood warning for parts of the area around the Mendenhall River. A "crest" is expected Wednesday ...

Alaska's capital has ordered residents to evacuate following summer glacial flooding, known as glacial lake outburst floods.

Seismic stations more than 600 miles away picked up the rumbling as a mountainside collapsed upon South Sawyer Glacier and ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...