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

Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...

Communities in Alaska have issued flood warnings and evacuations as the glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall ...

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

Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.

Ice dam at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater toward downstream homes - A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

Officials warn that should the ice dam fail, a powerful torrent could surge into the valley below, sweeping rocks and debris through the narrow village and causing potentially catastrophic damage.

The bursting of such snow-and-ice dams is a phenomenon called a jökuhlaup, and while it’s relatively little-known in the U.S., researchers say such glacial floods could threaten about 15 ...

A large 60ft crack was discovered in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday. State and local leaders said that there is no imminent danger to the 1,8000 residents but have set up an evacuation plan.