Kwigillingok, a community on the Bering Sea coast of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is used to some flooding during high tides. But in recent years, that flooding has grown more severe, reaching a new threshold last week.
Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.
Climate change is thawing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s permafrost, and it’s doing more than cracking foundations, sinking roads and accelerating erosion.
River erosion damaging pedestrian walkway
Sinkhole appears along road
Coastal erosion potential threat to community sewage lagoon.
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