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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 ...
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 ...
Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.
Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.
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 ...
The service interruptions have affected AT&T, GCI, Verizon and Visible, according to Upper Lynn Canal residents.
For three years in a row, Juneau has had unprecedented flooding in August from a melting glacier. This year, officials built a levee to protect the city. It seems to have helped, but it's temporary.