After waters peaked at 16.65 feet, newly installed HESCO barriers and early alerts spared schools, homes and businesses from ...

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

Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

City officials say the flood threat has ended and credit barriers with preventing more damage from the Mendenhall Glacier ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the Mendenhall River into areas in the region, which is expected to cause major ...

“American Idol” season 13 finalist Jessica Meuse has relocated from Slapout, Alabama, to Juneau, Alaska, for her new role as an ensign in the U.S. Coast Guard. Meuse completed a 12-day journey, ...

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

The Mendenhall River near Alaska’s capital of Juneau crested at a record level on Wednesday morning after a glacial outburst sent water filled with debris rushing downstream and into communities, ...

Above Juneau sits the so-called Suicide Basin. Evacuations underway as experts predict record-breaking floodwaters from ...

Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by ...

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.