Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

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

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...

“A glacial outburst has occurred at Suicide Basin. The basin is releasing and flooding is expected along Mendenhall Lake and River,” Juneau officials said in a news release on Tuesday. Residents in ...

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

For three years in a row, Juneau has had unprecedented flooding in August from a melting glacier. This year, officials built a levee to protect the city. It seems to have helped, but it's temporary.

Juneau residents have spent the last few weeks preparing for the annual glacier outburst flooding event from Suicide Basin. According to the National Weather Service in Juneau, as of Monday ...