Officials say new sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Juneau, Alaska’s capital, have held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the ...

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 ...

Aug. 13—The Mendenhall River crested and began dropping Wednesday morning as a glacial outburst sent billions of gallons of water coursing through one of the most populated parts of Juneau ...

New river barriers prevented severe damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska If it weren't for the barriers, hundreds of homes would have been flooded after the Mendenhall Glacier burst Wednesday ...