Ice jams and flooding are threatening some Interior Alaska riverside communities
Healy, Alaska, United States
May 6, 2026
Spring river breakup in Interior Alaska is producing ice jams and flooding that have damaged homes and cabins in communities including Healy, Anderson, and Chatanika. Meteorologists say record winter cold likely thickened river ice, increasing breakup flood risk over the next couple of weeks.
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