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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, ...
Watery Mess Parts of Alaska's state capital of Juneau flooded earlier this week after a melting glacier near the city and ...
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.
Glacial outburst flooding from the Mendenhall Glacier in 2024 impacted hundreds of homes in Juneau, prompting the development ...
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 ...