City officials say the HESCO barriers sustained around $1 million in damage during the 2025 glacial outburst flood.

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

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

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

Despite a one day delay for most students due to flooding, Juneau School District staff reported it was a relatively normal ...

During the week of August 11, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a ...

“What a difference a year makes,” she said. “There’s a lot of relief just driving around and instead of people depressed, sad ...

Officials are exploring a buyout program that would pay willing residents of View Drive, unprotected by Mendenhall River ...

Hood and others designed the tool to prepare for threats to public safety. Improving access to weather data and aerial images ...

A powerful surge of glacial meltwater is once again testing Juneau's resilience, and this time, the ripple effects could ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Sikkim Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60 meters) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time ...

Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...