Record-high floodwaters threatened Juneau, Alaska, as a glacial outburst made it past a natural ice dam formed by the Mendenhall Glacier, CBS News reported. Officials did not mince words when telling ...

A glacial outburst flood that swept through Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley last week damaged nearly 50 homes, according to preliminary surveys. Only six, however, sustained “major” damage, according to a ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in parts of Juneau, seeping through flood barriers and flowing into a few ...

The connection identified by the researchers is alarming for several reasons. 'Concerning' new study makes alarming discovery ...

In the aftermath of Juneau’s 2025 glacier lake outburst flood, the community has begun to mobilize to help affected residents and prepare for next year’s expected release, as well as the potential for ...

City and federal leaders have settled on a long-term solution to mitigate glacial lake outburst floods: a lake tap. The lake tap would be a tunnel drilled through Bullard Mountain, allowing water to ...

Every year for about a decade, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, has flooded from meltwater buildup on a nearby glacier. Those floods were minor until 2023, when a couple of dozen homes in ...

A house and condo buildings hang precariously over the Mendenhall River during a 2023 outburst flood in Juneau. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has landed on a solution to put an end to the glacial ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the latest science news. First, a public ...