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Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.
Alaska's capital suffered massive flooding and record-high water levels after an ice dam burst at a nearby glacier, releasing ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...