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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. Residents can apply for assistance starting August 14 through October 13.

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 ...

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

Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.

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

Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

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

Newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River in Juneau largely prevented flooding of the nearby ...