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Although city officials expect a Mendenhall River levee to hold back glacial outburst floodwaters as soon as early August, ...
Alaska Electric Light and Power said that due to the major flooding, power has been cut in several areas, including the Mendenhall Campground, View Drive, Meander Way and Stream Court.
Buildings submerged in Napakiak, Alaska. The village sits just 50 feet from the banks of the Kuskokwim River. Job Hale/AP. The erosion is partially driven by climate change, as warming ...
Alaska braces for strongest storm in years 00:15. Alaska is bracing for dangerous weather as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok move toward the Bering Sea region.
Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated from Juneau after flooding caused by a release of water from a glacier-dammed lake near ...
A historic storm blasted western Alaska Friday and Saturday with hurricane-force winds, over 50-foot seas and coastal flooding not seen in decades.
The swollen Mendenhall River courses along a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2023, after a glacial dam burst earlier in the weekend caused flooding along the river and Mendenhall Lake.
Alaska home collapses into raging river as melting glacier causes flood 01:11. At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated in Juneau after flooding ...
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...
Severe flooding from Alaska glacial break would not have happened without climate change, scientists say. Decades worth of erosion happened in one weekend, according to NOAA.
Along Alaska’s shore, the main threats are a double-whammy of coastal flooding and winds up to 60 mph with higher gusts that could displace loose objects, damage buildings and bring down powerlines.