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Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
A 'glacial outburst' – a burst of water from a glacial lake – threatened to engulf residents of Juneau, Alaska.
Forecasted flooding could break a record, which was set when the Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet in August 2024 ...
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...
Juneau braces for record Mendenhall Glacier flooding as climate change drives faster glacial melt and billions of gallons ...