Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

Watery Mess Parts of Alaska's state capital of Juneau flooded earlier this week after a melting glacier near the city and sent icy waters down below to residents, according to The Guardian, and, yes,

One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier has started to release water.