May 22, 2009
A significant amount of water and ice combined with ice jams in the vicinity of the village as well as downriver produced flooding in the village of Emmonak. The flooding was compounded by 2 to 5 miles of shore-fast ice at the mouth of the Yukon River. The water levels rose during the early morning hours on the 23rd, and started to flood parts of the village as well as the road to the airport. By the afternoon of the 23rd, water inundated many of the low lying structures. The water levels contin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 163456). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Yukon Delta County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.