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 ...

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 ...

The City of Davenport, former city administrator Corri Spiegel and HESCO BASTION, Inc., the company that manufactures the devices used for the flood wall, are being sued for compensatory and punitive ...

(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 ...