Residents in Alaska's capital cleared out waterlogged homes ... it forces its way under or around the ice dam created by the Mendenhall Glacier, enters Mendenhall Lake and eventually makes its ...

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 Juneau.

Historically, the dam was built after one of Alaska’s worst disasters struck the Fairbanks area. In the summer of 1967, unusually heavy rains swelled the Chena and Little Chena rivers to 6 feet ...