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 ...

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers ...

These floods, which began more than a decade ago, have become increasingly destructive in recent years and now pose a ...

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

A wave of water gushing out of an Alaskan glacial lake is causing a river to surge to a record level and is threatening ...

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.

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

After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...