Showing posts with label BUTTE BRACES FOR MATANUSKA RIVER FLOODING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BUTTE BRACES FOR MATANUSKA RIVER FLOODING. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Butte Braces For Matanuska River Flooding

By Jason Lamb, Channel 2 News

Butte residents are bracing for flooding, as a swollen Matanuska River continues to rise with new rain.

Along the Old Glenn Highway, volunteers packed up belongings at Dana Mirsch-Wenner's home, as flood waters crept closer to her home. Many of the volunteers were high school students.

Mirsch-Wenner says the river had advanced 10 feet toward her home within just the past 24 hours.

Read the entire article here.  KTUU Channel 2 News Video here.