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Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...
Officials in Alaska have advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to ...
Alaska's capital has ordered residents to evacuate following summer glacial flooding, known as glacial lake outburst floods.
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
A warming climate is behind growing floods of glacier meltwater in Alaska’s capital. Scientists say it’s the new normal.
An overflowing glacial lake at the foot of Suicide Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska, caused the Mendenhall River to surge to ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
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.
A basin of water dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, threatening parts of Juneau with flooding.
Multiple precipitation records were broken Tuesday across Southeast Alaska, including a single-day rainfall record from 1946, the NWS said.