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

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

Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.

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

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

Evacuated residents along the Mendenhall River were allowed to return home Wednesday afternoon after a glacial outburst sent billions of gallons of water coursing through one of the most populated ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

An overflowing glacial lake at the foot of Suicide Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska, caused the Mendenhall River to surge to ...

Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...