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 ...

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

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 ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River into areas in the region, which is expected to cause major ...

Don’t wait, Evacuate TONIGHT.” Those five ominous words flashed across Juneau’s official warnings this week, indicating what ...

“American Idol” season 13 finalist Jessica Meuse has relocated from Slapout, Alabama, to Juneau, Alaska, for her new role as an ensign in the U.S. Coast Guard. Meuse completed a 12-day journey, ...

The Mendenhall River near Alaska’s capital of Juneau crested at a record level on Wednesday morning after a glacial outburst sent water filled with debris rushing downstream and into communities, ...

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 ...

Above Juneau sits the so-called Suicide Basin. Evacuations underway as experts predict record-breaking floodwaters from glacial outburst: 'Don't wait' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...