Update 9 a.m.: The National Weather Service reported in an 8:30 a.m. update that the Mendenhall River height was at 15.92 ...

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

Hood boarded a helicopter to investigate. Flying over the glaciers at the head of the Mendenhall River, he saw collapsed ice ...

Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state disaster due to the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake ...

Suicide Basin above Mendenhall Lake has begun the expected glacial release and water is moving quickly into Mendenhall Lake and River.

Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning they ...

A video shared from Juneau, Alaska, shows a tree flowing down the Mendenhall River during record flooding after a glacial ...

An overflowing glacial lake caused a surge in the Mendenhall River on Wednesday, prompting flood alerts and evacuations in Juneau.

Zaz Hollander is a veteran journalist based in the Mat-Su and is currently an ADN local news editor and reporter. She covers ...