One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release water. Read More

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake. Read More

Meltwater from a glacier lake outburst is flooding Juneau, Alaska. Such events are likely to happen more often as climate change destabilizes ice and glacial lakes fill with more meltwater ... Read More

Sections of Alaska's capital, Juneau are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Read More

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacier is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in Juneau for the third consecutive August. Read More

KTOO Public Media is compiling and sharing video footage from river cameras and other real-time information on its Glacial Outburst Flood 2025 livestream on YouTube. Read More

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration as a result of the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood" in the Juneau area. Read More

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning and initial Mendenhall River flood forecast of around 16.6 feet. That record peak is expected Wednesday afternoon. Read More

EADaily, August 12th, 2025. The authorities of the city of Juneau in the southeastern part of Alaska urged local residents to evacuate due to the threat of a glacial flood, which could be realized as ... Read More

The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that crews will begin installing a median on Seward Meridian between Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Cottonwood Creek on Wednesday, August 13. Read More

It's an idea that's been around for more than 40 years: commuter rail service between Anchorage and Mat-Su, where tens of thousands of people hit the Glenn Highway for trips ... Read More

Barriers have been installed where flooding damaged hundreds of homes last summer. With a release imminent, scientists say the scale of flooding is hard to predict. Read More

The summit is poised to be a high-stakes negotiation over the direction of the Ukraine conflict, amid concerns from Europe and Kyiv. Read More

Bird Creek, located along the Seward Highway on the way to Girdwood, is in the midst of another coho salmon run, with hundreds of the chrome sprinters dashing their way back upstream amidst banks full ... Read More

Yukon RCMP are sharing details regarding the collision that shut down the Alaska Highway outside of Watson Lake on Aug. 6. Read More

The last few weeks of summer, heading into Labor Day weekend, can sometimes mean vacations and driving more miles on the road for all people, including teens. Traffic crashes are the No. 1 cause of ... Read More

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Residents and officials in Alaska's capital city prepared Friday for the possibility of glacial flooding that in past years has swept away houses, swamped several hundred ... Read More

Two American travellers were taken to hospital, and one of them medevaced to Vancouver, after their SUV collided with a transport truck on the Alaska Highway near Watson Lake, Yukon. Read More

It's an idea that's been around for more than 40 years: commuter rail service between Anchorage and Mat-Su, where tens of thousands of people hit the Glenn Highway for trips into the city. Now rail ... Read More