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

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

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

Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of ...

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

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

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and ...

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

USGS streamgages show flood conditions are now underway, with live cameras providing real-time views on the USGS HIVIS ...

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

An overflowing glacial lake at the foot of Suicide Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska, caused the Mendenhall River to surge to ...