Alaska community blocks road after further riverbank loss

By The Associated Press

Posted August 8, 2019 12:10 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

NAPAKIAK, Alaska — A main street has been blocked in an Alaska community after storms further damaged a riverbank that has been ravaged by erosion, a report said.

About 8 feet (2.4 metres) of riverbank in Napakiak fell into the Kuskokwim River over the weekend, KYUK-AM reported Wednesday.

Winds gusted up to 46 mph (74 kph) and about 2.4 inches (6.1 centimetres) of rain fell from Friday to Sunday.

Barriers were erected after the river crested a road in the community 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Bethel.

Welders dismantled two empty fuel tanks owned by the village corporation and moved them away from the river.

Napakiak has lost more than 100 feet (30 metres) of shoreline this year.

A city council member says he is unsure how long the land will hold.

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Information from: KYUK-AM, http://www.kyuk.org

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