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

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

Recent flooding events around the country this summer have sparked concerns for communities in and near flood zones.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau. Since 2011, the NWS said Suicide Basin has released ...

The melting glacier is pouring water into a lake and river that runs through the state’s capital, threatening the area with historic flooding for the third straight year.

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

Alaska Airlines has warned of ongoing flight disruptions after it grounded its entire fleet after an IT outage on Sunday.

Alaska Airlines and its regional subsidiary, Horizon Air, requested a ground stop to all flights Sunday night because of a computer system outage.