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

Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

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

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...

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

Alaska's capital suffered massive flooding and record-high water levels after an ice dam burst at a nearby glacier, releasing ...

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.

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 ...

Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...

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 ...

An ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream, officials said ...