A 'glacial outburst' – a burst of water from a glacial lake – threatened to engulf residents of Juneau, Alaska.

A "glacial outburst" threatens major flooding in Alaska's capital city as a glacial lake flood phenomenon inundates the Mendenhall River.

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.

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.

Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...

A melting glacier in Juneau, Alaska, 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.The Suicide ...

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and snowmelt in a huge basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to flow ...

Sections of Alaska's capital city watched anxiously Wednesday as record floodwaters from rainwater and snowmelt released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier flowed downstream and began pooling in local ...