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

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

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...

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

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town. Since 2011, ...

Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...

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

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.