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

University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

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

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

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

In 2023, a glacier lake outburst at Mendenhall's Suicide Basin destroyed several structures along the Mendenhall River as the water rushed downstream. The record flooding prompted city officials in ...

A historic flood is unfolding in Juneau, Alaska, as massive water releases from Suicide Basin threaten to break all previous ...

After cresting at a record-breaking 16.65 feet at 7:15 a.m., the Mendenhall River level is falling “very quickly” following ...

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