This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...

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

During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...

“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad … you saw people mowing their lawns, walking their dogs, kids playing, ...

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

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, glacial lake outburst floods are unpredictable events that can cause major ...