Parts of Eagle River, Anchorage and Girdwood had power outages Sunday morning and an outage in Cooper Landing was ongoing Sunday evening. Nearly 500 customers were reported to still be without power near Willow just before 6 p.m. Many of the outages were caused by falling trees downing power lines, the association wrote. In the Matanuska and Susitna valleys, about 6,250 customers were without power at one point, the Matanuska Electric Association wrote on Facebook. Power outages were reported throughout the Southcentral region and thousands of homes were without power early Sunday. "The roadway remains at high risk of an additional slide and the continuing rain is flowing through the work area," the department wrote on Facebook. The transportation department wrote on social media that clearing the debris was a slow process because the slope was still moving and the soil was heavy. The landslide pushed trees and other debris from a slope along the roadway. but the highway was expected to remain closed until Monday. Maintenance crews began clearing the debris around 10:40 a.m. after a landslide spread debris across the two lanes of the roadway, according to the Department of Transportation. The Sterling Highway closed in both directions at Mile 50 near Cooper Landing before 7 a.m. The employees have supplies and are safe, he said. Access via the road is not possible, but Kelley said they can get in and out of the area through the Iditarod trail system. Three employees were at the water treatment plant when the roadway washed out around 6 a.m., Kelley said. It was not immediately clear when the road would be fixed, Kelley said, but the city hopes to expedite any repairs before snow sets in. Repairs to the area will be more major because sewer and gas lines were exposed, Edgington said. On Ruane Road, Edgington said there was roughly a 20-foot collapse in the roadway above a culvert. Glacier Creek did not appear to have risen over the banks on Sunday, Edgington said, and water levels seemed to be decreasing slightly by the afternoon. The weather service issued a flood warning for Glacier Creek in Girdwood through Monday, National Weather Service meteorologist Michael Kutz said. ![]() Some homes in the area could see minor flooding as rain continued into Monday, Edgington said. The road had other drainage problems in the past because it is steep and just off the mountains, said Kyle Kelley, the Girdwood Service Area manager. Temporary repairs were made Sunday afternoon to Echo Ridge Drive and Edgington said the road was expected to be passable that day. About 15 homes on Echo Ridge Drive were unreachable after the roadway washed out, Edgington said, and major utilities such as the water treatment plant and transfer station were inaccessible after about 20 feet of Ruane Road collapsed.
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