Glacial lakes are common in the Himalayas, as this satellite view shows. Some are dammed by glaciers, other by moraines. Photo: NASA In August 2023, residents of Juneau, Alaska, watched as the ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities. During ...

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from meltwater floods, as melting glaciers release more and more water. A small ...

GENEVA (AP) — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that raised worries ...

Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s ...

Set beside Lake Tahoe's crystal waters, this California mountain park offers easy trails, old-growth forests, and untouched ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Roughly 290 residences in Alaska's capital city were damaged last week by flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, officials said. In addition to the homes and apartment ...

The Sisters Nugget notes that Carver Lake, a lake that rests above the base of the South Sister, is held back by a terminal moraine dam, which may eventually fail. The lake is about 20 miles from the ...