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Juneau officials detail flooding, roof‑load risks and shelter moves; city asks residents to report damage
Summary
Juneau City and Borough, state and federal partners described localized flooding and roof-load stress after heavy rain on large snowpacks, moved shelters out of slide paths, provided reporting hotlines and said response costs will be substantial and documented for insurance and public-assistance claims.
Juneau officials on Saturday described ongoing flooding from poor drainage, roof-load stress at public buildings and shelter relocations after an atmospheric-river event that raised freezing levels and produced heavy runoff.
Aaron Jacobs of the National Weather Service said the region saw about 1–2 inches of liquid-equivalent precipitation in the past 36 hours, with a snow-water equivalent near 8.5 inches in the snowpack; he warned another system Tuesday–Wednesday could bring more warm, heavy precipitation. "The amount of snowpack followed by the amount of water is not something that we have dealt with in this capacity as far as we know, historically," Jacobs said.
Robert Barr, deputy city manager for Juneau City and Borough, described…
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