Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...

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

A basin of water dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, threatening parts of Juneau with flooding.

The Mendenhall River, which flows out of Mendenhall Glacier, is seen on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) When water from melting glacier inundated her Juneau neighborhood last ...

Though immersed in their project at Mendenhall Glacier, they do not live in the path of the meltwater. Rather, both live in the city’s downtown area, which clings to the lower slopes of steep ...

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Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater 6 Hours ago ...

Although city officials expect a Mendenhall River levee to hold back glacial outburst floodwaters as soon as early August, they don’t want people to test it with their lives.