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Alaska's capital of Juneau is bracing for what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream ...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...
Juneau, Alaska is bracing for possibly catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt downstream, according to officials.
Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...
People in and near Juneau, Alaska, were warned on Tuesday of potential record-breaking flooding amid releases from a nearby ...
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.
Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and ...
By Wednesday morning, the city reported water pooling on a handful of streets after seeping under newly erected barriers ...
Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.
A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...
Some residents of Juneau, Alaska, were urged to evacuate after record-breaking floods from a glacial outburst. CBS News' ...