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Site assessments begin in neighborhoods where flood barriers will be installed
HESCO barriers are on their way to Juneau. Funding to study a long-term solution is not guaranteed.
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Bill would establish Alaska alternative to federal flood insurance program
The Alaska Legislature is considering a bill that would create a new state insurance program to address damages…
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Flood district plan charging property owners nearly $6,300 each gets unanimous OK from Assembly
117 objections filed for 466 properties in Mendenhall Valley deemed vulnerable to glacial floods.
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81 of 466 property owners object to flood district plan ahead of Assembly vote on Monday
Residents in zone would have to pay about $6,300 each for barriers if plan approved.
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Researchers embark on five-year study of flood risks at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier
After two consecutive years when meltwaters burst out of a basin on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier and devastated neighborhoods…
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Frustrated residents say concerns about short-term flood barrier plan aren’t getting sufficient answers
Some homeowners say they’d rather buy insurance than pay $6,300 for barriers, then focus on long-term fix.
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Flood district protection plan faces high barrier if enough property owners protest $6,300 payments
Eight of nine Assembly members need to OK plan if enough objections filed; at least two already have…
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Assembly OKs lowering flood barrier payment for property owners to about $6,300 rather than $8,000
Amended ordinance makes city pay higher end of 60/40 split, rather than even share.
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Assembly holding public hearing on $8K per-property flood district as other agreements, arguments persist
City, Forest Service, tribal council sign $1M study pact; citizens’ group video promotes lake levee.
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Opinion: Mired in bureaucracy, CBJ long-term flood fix advances at glacial pace
During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take…
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Members of U.S. Senate back disaster aid request amid increasing storm severity
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s request for nearly $100 billion in natural disaster response and recovery funding is…
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Locals protesting $8K payment for temporary flood barriers told rejection may endanger permanent fix
Feds providing barriers free, but more help in danger if locals won’t pay to install them, city manager…
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Hundreds of property owners in flood zone may have to pay $7,972 apiece for Hesco barrier levee
City, property owners to split $7.83M project cost under plan Juneau Assembly will consider Monday.
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Residents express deluge of concerns about flood barriers as experts host meetings to offer advice
City, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say range of protection options are still being evaluated
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Misperceptions stand in way of disaster survivors wanting to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes
As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we…
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Breaching a gap of 3,296 miles: Iceland’s experience with jökulhlaups
Glacial outburst floods a threat there for more than 1,100 years — what can Juneau learn from them?
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Experts address flood barrier concerns of Assembly, will meet with residents next week
Advice for homeowners seeking to protect themselves to be offered by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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30 Juneau households already OK’d for $605K in flood aid, FEMA official says as disaster center opens
About half of the funds actually paid out during first two weeks after federal disaster declaration.
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FEMA disaster aid center opens Wednesday at Mendenhall library
A Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery center for people affected by August’s record flood from Suicide Basin…
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$2M for Hesco barriers OK’d by Assembly, but proposed flood-prevention project far from firmly set
Concerns raised about impacts on properties — and if homeowners will be forced to pay some costs.