Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and ...

“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad … you saw people mowing their lawns, walking their dogs, kids playing, ...

City Manager Katie Koester told Alaska’s News Source there was significantly less damage than last year and credited the ...

This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held back the worst ...

Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier ...

Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

Residents in the city's flood zone have been urged to leave the area as water has started escaping the ice dam.

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...