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The Kenai Peninsula Borough won’t get kicked out of the federal government’s national flood insurance program.

Some riverfront property owners say the maps are inaccurate and will lock them into stricter development rules in the decades to come.

The borough has extended the emergency declaration through Oct. 24.

Snow and Skilak Glaciers are releasing large amounts of water into the Kenai River. A flood warning has been issued through next weekend.

Most of Southcentral Alaska was under a flood watch on Friday and Saturday. The Kenai didn't see many impacts, but the borough is monitoring flood-prone areas, and there was flooding on East End Road in Homer.

The meeting was organized by Dave Yragui, who has been speaking out about flooding for more than a decade. Borough officials encouraged residents to work with the borough, and talked about the work it's done so far in the area.

At its meeting Tuesday, the borough assembly approved $175,000 for a study of the flooding and drainage issues in the northwest Kalifornsky Beach area.

Long-term flooding issues in a Kalifornsky neighborhood led one resident to take matters into his own hands. The borough filed an injunction in July, telling the resident to stop work on a canal he says is a necessary measure.

Long-term flooding issues in a Kalifornsky neighborhood led one resident to take matters into his own hands. The borough filed an injunction in July, telling the resident to stop work on a canal he says is a necessary measure.

The neighborhood is essentially dammed by Kalifornsky Beach Road, which keeps water from draining into Cook Inlet.