Record-setting snow buries the city of Juneau, with few places left for it to go

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After a record-breaking December in Juneau, Alaska, melting snow and rain are adding even more dangerous weight to roofs and boats as people struggle to dig out.

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00:00It's been a trying winter

00:03nearly an entire season's

00:05buried Juneau, Alaska. I

00:0882 83 inches just in the

00:11The problem isn't just ho

00:13It's what happens after i

00:16this coastal city space i

00:18crews with few options fo

00:21can go. We have this indu

00:24and they blow it in the b

00:26a big huge parking lot ove

00:29and that's where they'r

00:31the majority of the snow

00:33residents. The snow has

00:36daily lives. I got two ve

00:39till spring. It's just c

00:42doing driveways. I've been

00:45out as best I can. Rising

00:48are soaking the snowpack,

00:50increasing the risk of r

00:52boats and flooding in com

00:55dangerous situation. It

00:57a lot of people that just

01:00you know, in their houses

01:01got to see what we can do

01:03to help them with more snow

01:05and rain in the forecast. The

01:07danger in Juneau is not over.

01:09Officials are urging residents

01:11to clear roofs and storm

01:12drains as quickly as possible.

01:14As this record setting winter

01:16for Akiweather, I'm Ally Reid.

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