(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 ...

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 ...

"People are seeing water creeping up to their doors during king tides or heavy storms," he says. "It's getting underneath homes and rising through the flood boards." And once even a little gets inside ...

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.

It’s important to think ahead to prepare your home for big storms or unexpected downpours such as the Fort Lauderdale “rain bomb” in April 2023. Expandable door dams and other flood products might ...