One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt downstream, ...

Mendenhall Glacier in the Tongass National Forest near the city of Juneau, Alaska, on July 6, 2021. Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and ...

Water from a melting glacier has caused a river near Alaska's capital city of Juneau to swell to historic levels amid a "glacial outburst" event that has prompted flooding fears and evacuations. On ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 15—Update 5 a.m. Tuesday The basin's second release has come to an end, the National Weather Service says. Mendenhall Lake ...

The National Weather Service has canceled the flood warning for Mendenhall Lake and River. Juneau’s second glacial outburst flood of the year crested Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at 9.6 feet. A second, ...

(JUNEAU, Alaska) — One of Alaska’s most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release rainwater and snowmelt ...