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

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

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

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

Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

On Tuesday morning officials confirmed water had started escaping the ice dam, with flooding expected late Tuesday and ...

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

The NWS in Juneau issued a flood warning for parts of the area around the Mendenhall River. A "crest" is expected Wednesday ...

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...

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