After significant rain and high water from the Kobuk River the Native Village of Kobuk is now flooded.
Unusual high water all summer in Noatak, causing massive erosion towards the airport and old buried landfill, exposing old trash into the river.
Photos show some of the erosion caused by surge of high water in late June on the Noatak River. As of June 29th, 24 feet of bank have been lost adjacent to the Noatak Airport, and 28 feet adjacent to the landfill.
The flooding was caused by a weather system that moved up to the Bering Sea from the tropics, and raised water levels and dumped rain across much of western Alaska.
5-30-13 Flooding Kobuk River - Kobuk, Alaska, USA
A normal daily river level here is about 46', so we are nearly eight (8') feet above normal.
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