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

The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...

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

Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning they ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...

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

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

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a persistent summertime threat. This time, Alaska’s capital city fortified itself ...