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The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
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.
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 ...
A video shared from Juneau, Alaska, shows a tree flowing down the Mendenhall River during record flooding after a glacial ...
Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...