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

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

Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin ...

Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

A scary incident at Royal Caribbean’s private island serves as an important reminder about the dangers of distractions.

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

After the water receded from this week’s all-time record breaking glacial outburst flood, Mendenhall Valley residents spent ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, glacial lake outburst floods are unpredictable events that can cause major ...