Flooding from the basin has become an annual concern, and in recent years has swept away houses and swamped hundreds of homes ...

Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...

In response to the imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) originating from Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier, Governor Mike Dunleavy ...

“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

Governor Dunleavy issues a State Disaster Declaration for Juneau due to a potential catastrophic flood from Suicide Basin.

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

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

What happens when a glacier becomes both a breathtaking landmark and a ticking time bomb? In Juneau, Alaska, that question is no longer theoretical. This week, the Mendenhall Glacier just 12 miles ...