The Mendenhall Lake Campground was closed last night because of increasingly high levels of water as a glacially dammed lake began releasing waters into the lake and river. Rising levels of water were evident on the river as the waters there churn today. The rising waters are inching up to residents along View Drive as […]
An airlift of of workers and guests from the Denali Backcountry Lodge was initiated and carried out on Thursday after flooding endangered the facility there. Bussing the refugees of the rising water became impossible after flooding in the Kantishna area closed the road and a landslide later closed access via the Eielson Visitors Center. The National […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday welcomed the news that the Yukon River town of Galena – ravaged by floods last year – will be receiving over $2.65 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to elevate 16-17 homes to a safer height. These funds derive from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, a […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich demanded answers last week from the nation’s top flood insurance official about the lack of progress in developing accurate and updated flood maps for communities in Alaska. The exchange occurred while Begich chaired a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee (HSGAC) to discuss strategies to reduce federal spending […]