After the project cost skyrocketed, the Assembly voted to scale back the protection plan for this year’s flood. The Army ...

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 ...

Evacuated residents along the Mendenhall River were allowed to return home Wednesday afternoon after a glacial outburst sent billions of gallons of water coursing through one of the most populated ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports that the Mendenhall Glacial Outburst Flood barrier project in Juneau is 45% complete as of April 29. Phase 2 work is extending flood defenses along multiple ...

A glacial outburst flood that swept through Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley last week damaged nearly 50 homes, according to preliminary surveys. Only six, however, sustained “major” damage, according to a ...

For three years in a row, Juneau has had unprecedented flooding in August from a melting glacier. This year, officials built a levee to protect the city. It seems to have helped, but it's temporary.

Floodwaters from a glacial outburst poured through Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, but the state’s capital seemed to have dodged catastrophic flooding that many officials feared. The Suicide Basin, ...

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for three straight summers. Read from CU expert Alton Byers and a ...

The National Weather Service has canceled the flood warning for Mendenhall Lake and River. Juneau’s second glacial outburst flood of the year crested Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at 9.6 feet. A second, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.