Glaciers holding massive amounts of water are melting at unprecedented rates, reshaping ocean systems and influencing ...

The food and water supply of two billion people worldwide is also threatened, per the United Nations. New study makes ...

Several roads were flooded, but city officials credit barriers with preventing more damage from Mendenhall Glacier outburst.

A melting glacier pushed the Mendenhall River to a record-high crest of more than 16 feet, prompting a major flood threat to ...

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.

Some Juneau residents have been urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater. NBC News' Chase Cain ...

Glaciers holding massive amounts of water are melting at unprecedented rates, reshaping ocean systems and influencing ...

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

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.

A "glacial outburst" threatens major flooding in Alaska's capital city as a glacial lake flood phenomenon inundates the Mendenhall River.

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...

An overflowing glacial lake caused a surge in the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, prompting flood alerts and evacuations in Juneau.