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.
A strong storm impacting NW Alaska with high winds and sea level rise (over 6 ft) caused localized flooding in Kotzebue.
For one day last week, the village of Deering needed to use a boat to get to the airport.
A normal daily river level here is about 46', so we are nearly eight (8') feet above normal.
Extremely high water on the Noatak
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