Mark Thiessen May 13, 2021 - 5:28 PM ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â An ice jam has caused widespread flooding in the community of Buckland, in northwest Alaska, officials said Thursday. âEven using hip waders, I canât leave my house because the water is too deep,â said Nathan Hadley Jr., the vice mayor of Buckland. He called the flooding the worst heâs seen in two decades there. âMost of the town has been inundated, and the access road to the airport has been cut off by the floodwaters,â said Scott Berg, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. There are volunteers using boats to take people around town, to the store and to deliver people to the air strip or pick them up for one of the two daily flights into town, Hadley said.