Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.

City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.

Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...

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

A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...

Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...