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

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During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...

Governor Dunleavy issues a State Disaster Declaration for Juneau due to a potential catastrophic flood from Suicide Basin.

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

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