The Juneau Assembly has approved $2 million in funding to construct a semi-permanent levee along Mendenhall River in order to prepare for future glacial outburst floods. But at a meeting Monday night, ...

The Recurring Nightmare Returns For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, ...

Provincetown DPW staff work together to interlock the pieces of the red plastic flood barrier. "We've got to finesse her. We're trying to finesse her, here," said Nate Edwards, center, of fitting the ...

This week experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought to address concerns about flood barriers and other prevention measures during a meeting of city leaders. Next week those experts will try ...

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 prevent ...

It’s not quite an election, but if most property owners formally object to paying about $6,300 apiece to install military-grade flood barriers in an area of the Mendenhall Valley vulnerable to glacial ...

Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood event is underway, and record high water is expected this year. That record-high peak for the Mendenhall River is forecast to hit 16.6 feet Wednesday afternoon.

‘An entire community effort’: These Tennessee brothers saved their childhood home from a catastrophic storm with a DIY 6-foot levee — how to flood-proof your home on a budget In Bogota, Tennessee, a ...

On a stormy day in December, a promising new storm-deployable barrier arrived in Provincetown’s East End — in pieces. Each segment was waist-high, shaped like the letter “L,” and made of bright red ...