Levels along the Mendenhall River had begun falling by Sunday but the city said the banks of the river remained unstable.
Onlookers gathered on a bridge over the river and along the banks of the swollen Mendenhall Lake to take photos and videos Sunday. A home was propped precariously along the eroded river bank as milky-colored water whisked past. The city said it was working to assess damages. Property damage is expected to be at least in the millions of dollars.
“It is of course most concerning to the people who are directly impacted by losing their housing and having to find a different situation very rapidly,” Robert Barr, the Deputy Manager for CBJ, said. CBJ said there have only been minor injuries reported at this time. No people are missing, but CBJ did mention one family is potentially missing a car.
Suicide Basin — a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier — has released water that has caused flooding along the Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River since 2011, according to the National Weather Service. However, the maximum water level in the lake on Saturday night exceeded the previous record flood stage set in July 2016, the weather service reported.
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