ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the week of Aug. 11, 2025, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a jökulhlaup — pronounced yah-cuh-laup. In preparation for ...

(CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to ...

JUNEAU — Floodwaters from the Mendenhall River rushed under Sam and Amanda Hatch’s home last August at then record-levels. After the water receded, their house sank several inches into the saturated ...

Flood protection is debuting at number one on the chart of the Juneau Assembly’s capital projects funding priorities during the Alaska Legislature’s upcoming session, hardly a shock given the air time ...

This is a developing story. A break of Suicide Basin’s ice dam occurred at about 10:11 a.m. Sunday, with the Mendenhall River forecast to crest at a near-record level of 14.9 feet early Tuesday ...