"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As climate change worsens, the frequency of extreme weather events will increase all over the globe. Snow ...

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, ...

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 ...

Assembly member Wade Bryson asked this as 466 Juneau homeowners along a two-mile stretch of the Mendenhall River wrestle with control over their properties as temporary HESCO barriers are installed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With heavy rain in the forecast for Friday, San Francisco officials are taking a new approach to prevent flood damage. A new type of flood barrier has been put up in a ...

Philadelphia's skyline is visible above the Eastwick tree line. (Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...

The city of Annapolis deployed new flood barriers near City Dock around midday Tuesday to combat a storm that brought high winds and rising floodwaters. City workers installed the flood mitigation ...

Crews in Pacific are repairing and strengthening flood retainment barriers following a breach early Tuesday morning that ...

Hundreds of people in Auburn and Pacific — in the south end of King County — were forced to leave their homes early Tuesday ...

Flood barriers are being tested by Environment Agency staff to protect homes in Abingdon. In November, people living in Chaunterell Way and surrounding streets suffered the effects of floodwater ...