The Taku River, located in Southeast Alaska near Juneau, is close to becoming a flood event due to glacier lake outburst ...

The flooding extent area in a river valley is related and proportional to river gauge observations. The higher the water elevation, the larger the flooding area. That relationship is used for the ...

While rain will build north into the afternoon and evening hours, areas of the Valley may see the best chance for rain later ...

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, and Yukon Premiere Ranj Pillai pose for a photo during a meeting in Whitehorse last year. (Photo by Justin Kennedy/Government of Yukon) President Donald ...

Wildfires are flaring up across Alaska due to lightning and dry weather, threatening cabins and prompting evacuations. Crews ...

That flooding was caused by a different mechanism, a type of overflow on the Sag River known as aufeis. That’s when water flowing below ice-capped rivers begins to gush out, Thoman said.

Jun. 16—State transportation officials have shut down the 400-mile road to Alaska's oil fields due to "a significant flooding event," washouts and erosion across a broad stretch between ...

This year’s flooding, while significant, is less than what occurred in 2015, when huge stretches of the highway were washed out, causing an 18-day halt to traffic. Climate change and permafrost ...

The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association advocates for dozens of communities now in their sixth year of near-total salmon fishing closures. The group’s executive director, Serena Alstrom, called ...

A stretch of the Dalton Highway near the Saginavirktok River was washed out by flood waters on Saturday, leading to an 80-foot-wide gap in the only road leading to Prudhoe Bay. As a result, the ...

The state, which previously issued information about high temperatures using special weather statement, has issued its first ...