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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 ...
Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...
Because the flooding has been a growing concern, city officials have installed emergency flood barriers along several miles ...
For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...
Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...