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 ...

Peter Bangs says he’s already spent $100,000 of his own money protecting his home from the Mendenhall River and this year’s record flooding wasn’t high enough to reach his property, so he’s not ...

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 ...

More frequent floods and more severe flooding are facts of a changing climate that have spurred new regulations and an increased focus by building owners, architects, and engineers to protect ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the week of Aug. 11, 2025, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a jökulhlaup — pronounced yah-cuh-laup. In preparation for ...

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East personnel perform a successful test operation of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier in New Orleans. This year marks the 20th ...

A coalition of environmental groups wants Virginia Beach to pair flood protection with nature-based solutions as a storm ...

Construction crews started working on temporary AquaFence barriers designed to shield airfield lighting equipment from storm surge during high-level hurricanes.

Work to complete an estimated $300M ocean floodgate program in Port Monmouth, N.J., (above) is moving toward completion, but status is unclear of a Corps of Engineers proposed flood barrier in nearby ...

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 ...

Naples Comprehensive Health has acquired a barrier system to protect its hospitals from storm surge flooding. The AquaFence system was purchased with $782,000 in funding from the state Legislature.