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The main artery between Fairbanks and Valdez opened yesterday, after being closed a week due to flooding. The Richardson Highway is open but still has lots of damage.

USACE monitors flood risk from breakup conditions in Chena River basin after record snow/rain events last winter.

50-degree high temperatures across the Central Interior are accelerating snow melt and transitioning rivers toward break up.

As the Interior warms after near-record winter snows, neighborhood flooding can block streets and flood residences. While the state and federal agencies are watching Alaska’s big rivers for flooding, the Fairbanks Stormwater advisory committee is monitoring city streets.

Low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska has been spinning waves of moisture from the east over the Alaska Range into the interior. As of Tuesday Fairbanks had…

04-29-20 6:30 AM newscast

04-27-20 12:30 PM newscast

Warm weather has triggered rapid melting of last winter’s above-average snowfall, and that’s caused some serious flooding in communities around the…

04-27-20 8:30 AM newscast

04-24-20 12:30 PM newscast