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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Officials say new barriers protected against the kind of major damage inflicted during last year’s destructive Suicide Basin ...

A video shared from Juneau, Alaska, shows a tree flowing down the Mendenhall River during record flooding after a glacial ...

The nearby Mendenhall Glacier peaked Wednesday, swelling the Mendenhall River to more than 16 feet and breaking last year's record.

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.