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The ICIMOD developed an assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalayas' glaciers in 2023. In it, they wrote that the ice of the ...
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...
Residents in Alaska have been warned to evacuate as snowmelt from the Mendenhall Glacier, which is about 12 miles from Juneau ...
After the water receded from this week’s all-time record breaking glacial outburst flood, Mendenhall Valley residents spent ...
Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The ...
During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...
This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...
Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...