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Authorities are still taking stock of Mendenhall River flooding, but new temporary riverfront barriers appear to have staved ...
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...
Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...
University of Alaska Southeast environmental science professor Eran Hood recalled that it was a sunny summer day in 2011 when an unexpected and potentially perilous situation began to unfold. The ...
The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...
Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement indicating that it could take up to six days for the basin to ...
One of Alaska's most populated cities is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as a basin dammed within the ...
City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...