Juneau residents and businesses this week continued their recovery from record snowfall, collapsed roofs, flooded streets and drains, and business and office closures.

Officials on Sunday evening, Jan. 11, lifted an evacuation advisory for avalanche slide paths, though it remained in effect for the Behrends slide path just north of downtown, beneath Mount Juneau.

Centennial Hall, which had been used as a shelter by close to 50 people and a dozen pets, remained open on Monday for anyone from the Behrends area still under the evacuation advisory.

The city’s avalanche adviser, John Bressette, in a prepared statement, noted conditions remain unpredictable. “This winter’s snowpack and weather patterns are unusual for this area,” he said. “While some monitored paths outside of Behrends show reduced hazard, the Behrends slide path continues to present significant risk.”

City facilities reopened on Monday after being closed most of the past two weeks due to record snow and rain.

All Juneau schools reopened Monday except for Mendenhall River Community School. “Roof clearing is complete at Mendenhall River Community School, but snow is still being cleared from the ground around the school,” Kristin Bartlett, chief of staff for the Juneau School District, wrote in an email Sunday evening to parents and staff.

Rain and snow are expected throughout this week, according to the National Weather Service. A high wind watch with gusts up to 65 miles per hour was issued for most of Southeast Alaska between noon Tuesday and 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Cleanup work continues in Juneau to clear storm drains, dig though the accumulated snow piles and protect buildings that lost their roofs. About 100 inches of snow fell on the community since the storms started last month.

The roof of an industrial facility in Auke Bay that stored more than 40 boats partially caved in over a shed area after record snow became drenched with rain last week.

Cindy Fuller was in the parking lot above the marina Saturday, Jan. 10, and said she owned the collapsed building. Her son had called her Friday morning and told her about the shed collapse.

“I’m just thankful no one was in there,” she said.

The building was constructed in 1964 and has been in Fuller’s family since 1974.

According to a social media post on Saturday, the gym roof of Echo Ranch Bible Camp also collapsed due to the weight of snow.

“We are so thankful that everyone, including our winter caretakers, is safe and after initial inspections, all other buildings at camp are doing well,” the post states.

The camp is about 40 miles north of downtown Juneau.

Other structural damage reported during the storm include the roof of a Mendenhall Valley home caving on Jan. 8; the unoccupied downtown University of Alaska Southeast Bill Ray Center roof giving way on Jan. 6; and a karate dojo’s roof collapsing near the airport.

Lead karate instructor Doug Murray said nobody was inside at the time of the collapse, but most of the space was a total loss.

The Fred Meyer fuel station canopy also partially collapsed, and the store itself was evacuated twice this month — closed for a total of seven days — due to roof safety concerns. The store reopened Sunday, Jan. 11.

Nugget Mall closed on Jan. 2 and remained closed on Jan. 11. “The Nugget Mall roof is approximately 165,000 square feet,” said Elizabeth Clayton, the mall’s property manager. “Clearing a roof of this size safely requires a very large crew of qualified, licensed, bonded, and insured contractors, along with proper heavy equipment and engineering oversight.”

The National Weather Service estimated the weight of snow on a flat roof could be around 41.6 pounds per square foot as of Jan. 7, based on ground measurements made at their forecast office in Mendenhall Valley, reported by radio station KTOO.

Emergency officials and engineers say most homes built in Juneau before 1991 were designed with a snow load capacity of 40 pounds per square foot.