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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HESCO flood barriers protect property against glacial outburst flooding near the Mendenhall River, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. - Marc ...
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 ...
The Juneau Assembly unanimously passed extending a semipermanent levee along the Mendenhall River on Monday to protect city and school properties. Phase One of the two-mile installation, beginning at ...
Jun. 3—JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in hopes that they will protect against a glacial flooding phenomenon that ...
(CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to ...