Installation of HESCO barriers intended to protect hundreds of Mendenhall Valley homes from glacial outburst floods began Monday on Killewich Drive, with the first phase of the semipermanent levee ...

Water continues to rise along the Mendenhall River during Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood on Monday, August 5, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) In a special Assembly meeting Thursday, the ...

The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers being installed along the Mendenhall River should protect neighborhoods even at an 18-foot flood ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the week of Aug. 11, 2025, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a jökulhlaup — pronounced yah-cuh-laup. In preparation for ...

Phase one raises part of The Battery waterfront and advances flood protection for residents, jobs and businesses.

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East personnel perform a successful test operation of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier in New Orleans. This year marks the 20th ...

New Orleans modeled its flood defenses on Dutch expertise. Now, through a global network of barrier engineers, the Dutch are ...