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 ...

The flooding this week in Juneau, Alaska, topped a record set last year when the same glacial basin overfilled, rapidly inundating nearby neighborhoods. Listen to this article · 3:21 min Learn more.

A rush of water unleashed by an ailing glacier swelled an Alaska river to record levels Tuesday causing unprecedented flooding in Juneau nearly a year to the date of a similar destructive event.

The images show the river—an airborne corridor of moisture that carries with it large amounts of rain—stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, and Yukon.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska’s capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above the city of ...

President Biden announced the approval of federal disaster assistance for recovery efforts in areas that sustained damage from flooding and storms in October 2024.