Heather Best

Holy Cross area flooding on May 20th, 2026.

Dan Bross talks with National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best about Middle and Lower Yukon River breakup and flooding conditions.

Looking upstream on the Yukon at an ice jam formed where the Yuki River dumps into the larger river.

Interior River Roundup

05-14-26 Interior River Roundup

Dan Bross, Heather Best

Dan Bross talks to National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best about breakup along the Middle Yukon River.

As of 3 PM Wednesday May 6th, an ice jam was causing flooding along the Chatanika River, upstream of where the road off the back side of Murphy Dome meets the river.

Interior River Roundup

05-07-26 Interior River Roundup

Dan Bross, Heather Best

Breakup is in full swing, and ice is moving on Interior rivers.

Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River as viewed from the Dalton Highway on April 27th, 2026.

Interior River Roundup

04-30-26 Interior River Roundup

Dan Bross, Heather Best

Dan Bross and National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best talk about the status of river ice, and the latest temperature outlook.

An ice jam caused record flooding and damage to the Yukon River community of Eagle in 2009

Interior River Roundup

04-23-26 Interior River Roundup

Dan Bross, Heather Best

Dan Bross and National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best talk about current and expected weather and what it could mean for river breakup severity.

A Galena property damaged by a major ice jam flood in 2013.

Interior River Roundup

04-16-26 Interior River Roundup

Dan Bross, Heather Best

Dan Bross talks with National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best about the upcoming breakup season and what factors figure into ice jam flood potential.