Glacial lake outburst floods can send water and debris racing down mountain valleys with little warning. At Alaska’s Suicide Basin near Juneau, scientists closely monitor the recurring threat — a ...

The National Weather Service office in Juneau issued a special weather statement Tuesday at 9:49 a.m. saying a second glacial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 11—[Editor's note: This story was updated Tuesday afternoon to reflect that Suicide Basin started releasing water.] JUNEAU — ...

A basin full of icy meltwater perched above Juneau broke through its glacial barrier this week and began flooding down toward the Alaskan city, Juneau officials said — the latest in what have become ...

(CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 11—JUNEAU — Suicide Basin, the source of Juneau's annual glacial outburst floods, is full as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, putting the ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town. Since 2011, ...

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacier is threatening significant, potentially record-breaking flooding in Juneau for the third consecutive August. “A glacial outburst has occurred at ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The catastrophic glacier collapse that triggered devastating flooding ...

(CNN) — A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening significant flooding in the state capital of Juneau for the third ...

Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood swept through Nepal's northern ...