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When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...
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 ...
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...
New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.
A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...
Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...
An overflowing glacial lake at the foot of Suicide Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska, caused the Mendenhall River to surge to ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...