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

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...

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

A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...

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

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...

Zaz Hollander is a veteran journalist based in the Mat-Su and is currently an ADN local news editor and reporter. She covers ...

The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Water continues to seep into Valley ...

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

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning and initial Mendenhall River flood forecast of around 16.6 feet. That record peak is expected Wednesday afternoon.