The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...

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

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

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

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

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

A wave of water that gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake and sent a river surging to a new record level is causing flooding issues in the state capital of Juneau for the third consecutive August.

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

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

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

The melting glacier is pouring water into a lake and river that runs through the state’s capital, threatening the area with historic flooding for the third straight year.