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

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

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

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

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

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

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

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

Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...

A warming climate is behind growing floods of glacier meltwater in Alaska’s capital. Scientists say it’s the new normal.

The temporary levee the city installed along the Mendenhall River this year protected hundreds of homes nearby. But water ...

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