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

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

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

Alaska's capital suffered massive flooding and record-high water levels after an ice dam burst at a nearby glacier, releasing ...

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Earlier this year, the Centre approved the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) for implementation in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand ...

Picture courtesy: Sikkim government The Sikkim science and technology department, in collaboration with the mines and geology department, has completed a detailed scientific expedition to three ...

Key points Himalayan mountain villages experience sudden flash floods called Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). GLOFs lead to severe psychological impacts — from disasters and from the stress ...

A glacial outburst flood in Barun Valley started when nearly one-third of the face of Saldim Peak in Nepal fell onto Langmale Glacier and slid into a lake. The top image shows the mountain in 2016.