Overview
- The National Weather Service sent a Civil Emergency Message to amplify Juneau’s avalanche advisory, the office’s first such alert in roughly 15 years.
- Evacuation advisories were lifted for most slide paths, yet the Behrends area remains under an advisory with residents urged to avoid exposed zones.
- Thane Road is closed at the avalanche gates, and state transportation officials caution they may be unable to safely clear debris if a natural slide reaches the roadway.
- Centennial Hall remains open as an emergency shelter, and city crews have removed more than three million pounds of snow from public facilities, including extensive work at Mendenhall River Community School.
- Another round of rain is forecast with 1.5 to 3.5 inches possible, gusts up to about 65 mph, and rising freezing levels, as the region also reports new avalanche impacts such as a closure on the Haines Highway.