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

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...

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

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

The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Water continues to seep into Valley ...

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning and initial Mendenhall River flood forecast of around 16.6 feet. That record peak is expected Wednesday afternoon.

Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...

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