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One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...
KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
Meltwater from a glacial lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate ...
Juneau city officials are looking at everything from dams to explosives to keep Mendenhall Valley residents safe from future ...
After the City and Borough of Juneau issued an evacuation advisory Tuesday morning, some flood zone residents are heeding the ...