A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...

A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts ...

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...

This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...

An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof caused by uneven surface temperatures across your roof. These dams can cause big problems with leaking in your home.

The ice dams can build up all winter long, though, so keep an eye out for them at all times. If you notice one beginning to form, remove it or try to keep it from getting any bigger.

Remember that ice dams originate in roof valleys and eaves, where the lower temperature freezes fresh snow melt. This means that you don't need to attack the entire roof of snow.

The Globe writes, “The draining water hits the ice dam, backs up under the roof shingles, finds cracks and openings in the roofing, and eventually manifests itself as an interior water leak.’’ ...

He has received close to 1,000 calls about ice dams over the past 10 days and turned many customers away. “Everybody’s overbooked,” he said of the local roofing industry.

After warning residents to prepare to evacuate, Alaska officials confirmed water from the ice dam was flowing downstream, ...