Heavy snowfall in Juneau, Alaska, sinks boats in harbour

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Heavy snow in Juneau, Alaska, has wreaked havoc on boats, roofs and roads.

Whitehorse’s sister city has received more than five feet of snow so far in January. Last week, 30 inches of snow fell in three days.

 “Oh my gosh, Saturday — I think it was the 13th of January — it started snowing, and that first storm dropped over 30 inches,” said Matthew Creswell, Juneau’s harbour master.

That was the start of two storms in an 11-day period dropping over 60 inches of snow, he said.

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“What that causes is just excess weight and snow build-up for people who don’t come down and keep their boats shoveled

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