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A tropical storm watch has been issued and mandatory evacuations are underway along the coast of North Carolina, as Hurricane ...
Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...
In response to the imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) originating from Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier, Governor Mike Dunleavy ...
During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...
Glacial outburst flooding from the Mendenhall Glacier in 2024 impacted hundreds of homes in Juneau, prompting the development ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...
A vast section of a glacier broke apart in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, setting off a landslide of ice, mud and rocks that caused widespread damage to a small village, nine days after its 300 ...
Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau. Since 2011 it has released glacier lake outburst floods each year that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and ...
A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of Juneau. Since 2011 it has ...
Longer-term fixes Suicide Basin is located roughly two miles from the foot of the Mendenhall Glacier, a popular tourist destination that looms over the Mendenhall Valley, where the bulk of Juneau ...
Suicide Basin is located roughly two miles from the foot of the Mendenhall Glacier, a popular tourist destination that looms over the Mendenhall Valley, where the bulk of Juneau residents live.