New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

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

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

The Mendenhall Glacier — a thinning, retreating glacier that is a major tourist attraction in southeast Alaska — acts as a ...

The NWS in Juneau issued a flood warning for parts of the area around the Mendenhall River. A "crest" is expected Wednesday ...

Communities in Alaska have issued flood warnings and evacuations as the glacial release from Suicide Basin above Mendenhall ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...

Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be ready to evacuate. On Tuesday morning, they ...

Glacial lake outburst flooding is a flood that's produced by the quick, unexpected release of water from a glacial lake.

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 ...

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Once an ice dam has formed, the only way to stop leaks is to get rid of the ice. Yanker said there are several methods for ice removal, but none of them are easy and some can be dangerous.