Updated: A landslide in downtown Juneau on Monday evening damaged homes and knocked out power to parts of Juneau and Douglas. No injuries have been reported. Via KTOOpubmedia
Cruise ship passengers in the harbor reported seeing a flash when the transformer blew.
Alenita Danner was looking for her 80-year-old mom. She couldn’t get to her because a large spruce tree had fallen across the road.Part of her aunt’s house was underneath the tree. There was significant damage, but no one was inside. “I hope that we can get this cleaned up real quick,” he said. “I’m also glad that Jin wasn’t in his house — that’s the guy above us.”“It’s been raining pretty wild,” he said. “Rainfall intensity has definitely increased over the last couple of years here and landslides have been more and more common.”
“I had to come around and park down below and go up the steps and get my family and bring them back down,” he said.“We just packed up what little we could. Definitely grabbed animals and some food for them too,” John-Daniels said. “You know, I’m just praying it doesn’t hit our place and everything we work for.”
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