Sections of Alaska's capital city watched anxiously Wednesday as record floodwaters from rainwater and snowmelt released by the nearby Mendenhall Glacier flowed downstream and began pooling in local streets and the yards of riverfront homes.

Some Juneau residents in the flood zone headed warnings and evacuated after water started escaping the glacier's ice dam on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, the city reported water pooling on a handful of streets after seeping under newly erected barriers designed to protect riverfront homes — but no major damage was evident even as the river approached its peak flood stage.

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