BREAKING: Juneau's glacial outburst flood has crested, water levels now dropping 

The flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8:00 a.m. Water continues to seep into Valley neighborhoods.

The HESCO barriers stacked in backyards along the river are blocking many homes from flooding, but water is seeping under and through the barriers on parts of Marion Drive, Killewich Drive, Meander Way and Riverside Drive. View Drive is flooded — that street is not protected by a barrier.

Some roads along the river have pooled with water, with multiple homes pumping water out of their crawlspaces. Alaska Electric Light & Power has cut power to some flood-affected streets.

Despite seepage, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, the city’s emergency program manager, says “there is no reason to believe there is imminent failure” of the HESCO barriers.

Some residents are repo