Rain and high-winds are projected to continue through Tuesday morning in Haines, and throughout much of Southeast Alaska, prompting official warnings about flooding locally, while other communities are being warned of landslides.

“A band of heavy rain moves through late Sunday,” according to the National Weather Service. “This will result in elevated streams and the potential for minor flooding.”

Forecasters are predicting another system coming through on Monday, bringing more strong winds and heavy rain. 

“Rainfall totals of between 3-5 inches are expected during this time, with higher amounts possible in isolated areas and at election,” according to the weather service. 

The winds are expected to pick up in Haines on Monday afternoon as a front reaches the Lynn Canal area. Forecasters said Monday that this will likely last 6 to 9 hours with gusts up to 60mph. 

Juneau and communities further south are under a high wind watch through Monday at 4 p.m., making travel potentially difficult. 

The region has already weathered a series of storms during the past week. Those causes some cruise ships to cancel port calls and roughly 250 Holland America cruise ship passengers were stranded in Haines on Wednesday after their boat, the Nieuw Amsterdam, had to leave Haines and seek shelter from high winds in the Lutak Inlet. 

Mark Sabbatini of the Juneau Independent contributed to this reporting.