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 ...

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby ...

Improvements and expansions are coming to the barrier system that helps protect Juneau from glacial outburst flooding, and they’ll be fully funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE will also ...

Students at Wayside Real Learning Academy are learning about flooding in a fun, unique, and quite messy way - by building ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With heavy rain in the forecast for Friday, San Francisco officials are taking a new approach to prevent flood damage. A new type of flood barrier has been put up in a ...

Emergency barriers installed through the Alaska capital city of Juneau appear to have successfully funneled floodwaters away from neighborhoods during a "glacial outburst" supercharged by climate ...

Flooding along Juneau's Mendenhall River near Meander Way. Waters crested at 16.65 feet at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Juneau's glacial outburst flooding along the Mendenhall River has ...

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 ...

Dubai Metro installs 1.8-metre FloodWall barriers at vulnerable stations, reducing flood damage and protecting critical ...

(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 ...