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The flooding in Juneau came from a side basin of the awe-inspiring Mendenhall Glacier, which acts as a dam for the rain and melted snow that collect in the basin during the spring and summer. The city of Juneau says the Mendenhall River flooded on Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska's capital city, and at least two buildings were destroyed. [Extracted from the article]

At low tide, the estuary is known for its dangerous mud flats made of silt created by glacier-pulverized rocks. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him, authorities said. [Extracted from the article]

I Top photo: Red fire retardant is dropped from a plane onto an area on the northern edge of the McHugh Creek wildfire near Anchorage, Alaska, on July 19, 2016. He gathered his pets and important papers in his vehicle - his wife was already safe in Anchorage - and drove 5 miles (8 kilometers) down the only road serving the roughly 600 neighborhood residents to safety. The prospect of a major wildfire there keeps Anchorage Fire Chief Doug Schrage awake at night when conditions are hot and dry. [Extracted from the article]