One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.

Meltwater from a glacial lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate ...

Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...

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

Record floodwaters released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier crested Wednesday in a river that flows through Alaska’s capital ...

On August 13, 2025, in Gulmit, Pakistan, @sunailqureshi shared a dramatic video of a glacier outburst flood. In the video, ...

A 'glacial outburst' – a burst of water from a glacial lake – threatened to engulf residents of Juneau, Alaska.

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

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

KTOO’s Alix Soliman is part of the team reporting on this year’s glacial outburst flood. She spoke to Alaska Public Media's ...

Juneau city officials are looking at everything from dams to explosives to keep Mendenhall Valley residents safe from future ...