When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby ...
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 ...
JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in hopes that they will protect against a glacial flooding phenomenon that ...