Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration over flooding due to glacial melt. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI Aug. 13 (UPI) --Officials in Alaska advised residents to evacuate the state's ...

Residents of Alaska’s capital city found themselves racing against time Wednesday morning as dangerous floodwaters from a melting glacier prompted immediate evacuations across Juneau. The crisis began ...

Hundreds of residents in Alaska’s capital of Juneau have been urged to evacuate over an imminent glacial flood threat. On Tuesday, Juneau officials said on Facebook that there was a glacial outburst ...

Every year for about a decade, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, has flooded from meltwater buildup on a nearby glacier. Those floods were minor until 2023, when a couple of dozen homes in ...

An overflowing glacial lake caused a surge in the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, prompting flood alerts and evacuations in Juneau. By Raymond Zhong An overflowing glacial lake north of Juneau, Alaska, ...

Research has found that as many as 15 million people worldwide may be vulnerable to glacial floods. Officials in Juneau, Alaska, urged residents to evacuate Tuesday as a nearby glacial meltwater lake ...

Residents of Alaska capital Juneau are being urged to evacuate amid an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood.” Emergency management and National Weather Service ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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.

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Aug. 13 (UPI) --Officials in Alaska advised residents to evacuate the state's capital city Wednesday as a melting glacier is expected to cause major flooding. The city and borough of Juneau announced ...