Suicide Basin, the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods, sits about two miles above the terminus of Mendenhall Glacier. (Anna Canny/KTOO) Three scientists shuffled across the vivid ...

After the project cost skyrocketed, the Assembly voted to scale back the protection plan for this year’s flood. The Army ...

At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated in Juneau after flooding caused by water coming from a glacier-dammed lake, officials said Sunday. The Mendenhall ...

A huge granite rock in Madison is the largest known glacial erratic in North America. It was deposited in New Hampshire around 14,000 years ago, according to NH State Parks and the U.S. Department of ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River and into communities across the region. “A glacial outburst has ...

The fortified, complete temporary flood barrier needs to be completed prior to July 15 ...

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half ...

JUNEAU — Three scientists shuffled across the vivid blue ice of the Mendenhall Glacier, following a silty channel carved between a steep mountain slope and the glacier’s edge. They wove around ...