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When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of ...
Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...