Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...

“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad ...

Watery Mess Parts of Alaska's state capital of Juneau flooded earlier this week after a melting glacier near the city and ...

Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The Mendenhall River, which flows out of Mendenhall Glacier, is seen on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) When water from melting glacier inundated her Juneau neighborhood last ...