RiverWatch officials say the jam has led to flooding and high water in Tuluksak and Akiak, and could impact downstream communities as well.
Early Wednesday morning, Akiak residents reported slowly rising water and the sound of moving ice. Tuluksak is experiencing whatas some of its “worst flooding” in 10-15 years. A 10-mile-long ice jam had been wedged below Akiak, which is under flood advisory on Wednesday.
“When that ice starts moving, there’s going to be a surge of water. All that water that’s backed up above the jam, it’s going to start coming down and start draining out of the landscape back into the Kuskokwim so there’ll be a surge of water,” Leary said. “How severe it is at Akiak, we don’t know. Akiak has a lot of time to prepare. They’ve been through this before. They’re a well-organized community. I think, you know, they’ll be good.
“So I’ve been in touch with the National Guard, so everybody’s on alert. The dump site is inundated with water. So I’ve contacted the DEC for help with response on that,” Long said. “The water supply, the supply pond has been inundated with water, so it’s disabled the community’s ability to produce water, but the water plant itself is not damaged. We’ve got some response measures in place, and everybody’s on alert, and we’re just kind of waiting to see what the water does.
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