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 multiple operational responses: crews clearing storm drains and hydrants, redirection of crews to keep roads passable, and prioritization of structural assessments of roofs at critical facilities. He encouraged residents to report flooding or structural damage by email (emergencyresponse@Juno.gov) and provided day and after-hours numbers for street-flood reports (day: 586-5256; after 4 p.m. JPD nonemergency: 586-0600).

Barr said the city relocated its cold-weather emergency shelter off Thane because that shelter site sat in a slide path and was not safe to operate; Glacier Valley Elementary's gym was used as a temporary shelter while the city continues to find a non‑school facility for longer-term shelter needs. "We moved the shelter off of Thane in the first place" for life-safety reasons, Barr said.

At Bartlett Regional Hospital, CEO Joe Wanner said several roof areas "are closing on limits" and described a roughly 60-person team clearing roofs; he asked visitors to avoid parking next to buildings where snow will be offloaded and said engineering teams are on site monitoring building safety. "We don't anticipate any changes to services as of today," Wanner said, while noting reductions of services would be done case by case if structural limits were reached.

DOT and CBJ described changing road conditions: priority routes are mostly bare but lower-priority roads remain icy with ponding; DOT said sand trucks are the preferred traction measure for current ice-with-water conditions and that crews may use plowing, brine or granular salt depending on conditions.

On finances, Barr said assessments and documentation are under way with insurers and engineers and that the event's costs "are going to be substantial. We're talking in the millions of dollars, not the hundreds of thousands of dollars." He said CBJ will pursue public-assistance reimbursement where eligible and will use reserves as needed, while stressing life safety is the top priority.

Officials closed the briefing by reminding residents to call 911 for emergencies and to use the city's reporting channels for damage documentation; CBJ provided a hydrant map link (bit.ly/cbjhydrants) and said an online damage-reporting tool would be released soon.