Alaska Science Forum: When river breakup came to Eagle
The Yukon River’s solid sheets were breaking into smaller pieces.
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The Yukon River’s solid sheets were breaking into smaller pieces.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (KINY) - The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is actively responding to flooding in communities on the Yukon River, Kuskokwim River, Glenallen, and other areas of the state.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska – Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration after communities on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers experienced major flooding due to ice jam. In addition, Glennallen experienced snow melt flooding in parts of the community near Moose Creek.
Floodwaters rose fast on Saturday and receded Sunday in Circle on the Yukon River and Crooked Creek on the Kuskokwim, leaving behind damage, debris and icebergs.
State emergency management officials begin helping residents of Circle and Crooked Creek following historic ice jam flooding over the weekend.