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City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.
Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...