Napaimute, Alaska, United States


Warm May temperatures are rapidly melting the above-average snowpack in the Kuskokwim Basin. Snowmelt is running in to still-stable river ice, causing ice jams and flooding near Napaimute.


This is the cabin where an elderly couple were rescued by a black hawk helicopter in the middle of the night
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Napaimute
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Napaimute airfield
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The Shop at Napaimute airfield - those red things on the right are Connex shipping containers-8’ tall. So you can see there is about 8’ of water on the airfield
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Napaimute- original village site
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Napaimute
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Napaimute- original village site
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Napaimute- original village site
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Devastated home sites
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This is the bend below Napaimute today- flooded for miles
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The top of our 12 foot tall smoke house
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Bad Napaimute flood about 1920
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Bad Napaimute flood about 1920
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Bad Napaimute flood about 1920
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