Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood started Tuesday morning and is expected to peak Wednesday afternoon. Experts predict it could be the largest flood on record.

This year, the flood will test a temporary levee that the city installed this year. But not every street in the flood zone is protected by the barrier.

As Malachi Thorington and Elizabeth Figus packed their blue chevy truck Tuesday afternoon to stay at a friend’s house, the sound of the rising river rushedbehind their house.

The first floor of their home flooded the past two years. Thorington said he knows the drill now.

“Just kind of dealing with the present, at the moment, basically going into damage mitigation mode. Try not to feel anything, just try to go as mechanical as possible,” he said. “There will be things that

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