The Major Richard Star Act is a bipartisan bill that would correct an injustice to combat-injured veterans by allowing them ...

Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...

Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of ...

Around 60 hikers were airlifted from Bugaboo Provincial Park when gushing water from a glacial lake suddenly blocked their ...

We set out across the clear blue waters of Lake Lácar to see Patagonia from a new perspective. Cruising from San Martín de ...

According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau, the Mendenhall River crested at 16.65 feet – which now ...

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...

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

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

A "glacial outburst" threatens major flooding in Alaska's capital city as a glacial lake flood phenomenon inundates the ...