Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...

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

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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 ...

At a Thursday morning press conference, the GLOF Unified Command team said they’ve officially begun recovery efforts ...

After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

As with any natural event, the exact timing of the GLOF will be up to Mother Nature. Suicide Basin has flooded annually since 2011, however, with record-level flooding on August 6, 2024.

Local officials, meanwhile, are looking beyond Suicide Basin as they consider future risks, said Robert Barr, Juneau’s assistant city manager.

Suicide Basin is seen on July 31, 2025, with rising meltwater and ice chunks. The image, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, was among the real-time information provided by a new online dashboard ...