New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska’s capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented ...

The all clear has been given and residents have been allowed to return to their homes in Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a ...

A video shared from Juneau, Alaska, shows a tree flowing down the Mendenhall River during record flooding after a glacial ...

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Mendenhall River runs through Juneau, Alaska. The river rose to a record level, but temporary barriers largely kept major ...

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 ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

Emergency officials say new barriers appear to have worked as planned, with only scattered reports of water leaks.