Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski toured the flood damage and spoke about wanting to prevent flooding in the future.
Juneau residents hit by glacier flood scramble to drain homes of water and clean up before weather changes
Similar experiences were shared by dozens of homeowners on several streets in the densely populated Mendenhall Valley, where the bulk of Juneau residents live.of the Mendenhall River was caused by a basin off to the side of the glacier that emptied Tuesday morning, rapidly inundating dozens of homes and other dwellings.
Front and backyards on heavily affected streets were strewn with the contents of homes. Carpets, insulation and drywall destroyed by the flood were headed to the dump. Precious mementos dried in the sun.. Gary and Karen Kostenko couldn’t wait. Their garage flooded and their yard was filled with waterlogged stuff they didn’t need.Abraham and Aiona Fisi, owners of Southeast Junk Removal & Demolition, arrived at the Kostenko home Wednesday morning to start hauling away trash.
Drayton Parker and Dustin McCoy, both Coast Guard members, grill burgers for residents and helpers responding to flooding on Emily Way in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley on August 7, 2024. The city’s emergency shelter at nearby Floyd Dryden Middle School had closed as of Wednesday, Juneau officials said. Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall was open downtown for people who needed to shelter or just to take a break — maybe somewhere to drop off the kids as they cleaned up, Pata said.
“All the suffering that there is of such greater magnitude around the world, this is a drop in the bucket,” she said philosophically.
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