One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...

The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...

After warning residents to prepare to evacuate, Alaska officials confirmed water from the ice dam was flowing downstream, ...

“A glacial outburst has occurred at Suicide Basin. The basin is releasing and flooding is expected along Mendenhall Lake and River,” Juneau officials said in a news release on Tuesday. Residents in ...

University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The ...

Meltwater from a glacial outburst near Juneau, Alaska, is flooding nearby neighborhoods, and officials are urging some residents of the city of 30,000 to evacuate. The meltwater is rushing downstream ...

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...

Authorities in Juneau, Alaska, ordered widespread evacuations Wednesday as floodwaters from the Mendenhall Glacier surged ...

Governor Dunleavy issues a State Disaster Declaration for Juneau due to a potential catastrophic flood from Suicide Basin. Residents can apply for assistance starting August 14 through October 13.