a huge wall of water to move downstream. CANNY: The dam that holds back water at the Mendenhall Glacier is made of ice. Hood theorizes that the cracks in the ice dam must have grown larger than ...

But she was back in her third-floor condo overlooking the Mendenhall River, a tranquil, glacier-fed waterway that ... he bolted pressure sensors onto the rock wall that would get submerged as ...

Local officials urged the public to stay away from the Mendenhall River. Photo: Instagram @twowildhearts/via Reuters Officials in Juneau, Alaska, have issued an emergency declaration after record ...

This is a developing story. A warning about a sizeable collapse of the Mendenhall Glacier, following active calving recently and a large crack on its face, was issued by the U.S. Forest Service on ...

A glacial outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier began Monday, causing water levels to reach up to 16 feet in Juneau by Tuesday. The glacier's Suicide Basin began to peak on Aug. 1 after July ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — An outburst of flooding from a lake dammed by Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier damaged at least an estimated 100 homes in what has become a perennial hazard for nearby neighborhoods.

The flooding is due to a break on Suicide Basin, a side basin on the Mendenhall Glacier, located about 12 miles north of Alaska's state capital. A glacial lake outburst flood occurs when a dam ...

A river that winds through the state capital of Alaska was overflowing with runoff from the Mendenhall Glacier over the weekend. By Claire Moses Residents in Alaska’s capital, Juneau ...