Eagle Village News

JUNEAU, Alaska-Workers whose source of income has been affected by the Yukon Kuskokwim Flood may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits if they are self-employed or are not eligible for the state's unemployment insurance program.

AID: State, federal governments tabulate the costs of rebuilding in as many as 40 villages.

About a fourth of the 250 residents of Tanana were evacuated after the city was inundated Tuesday by flood water from the Yukon River before it started to recede, emergency management officials said.

Flooding on the Yukon River has inundated parts of Eagle, Alaska, as these photos, taken Sunday and Monday, depicts.

A blue and white vacuum hung 20 feet from the ground in a spruce as the trail turned to caked mud.

The winter of 2008-09 was brutal, even by Interior Alaska standards. Breakup is proving no kinder.

An aerial view of the damage the Yukon River ice has done to downtown Eagle, Alaska, on May 5, 2009.

The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history.

Huge ice chunks continued to batter the town of Eagle on Wednesday as a stubborn ice jam on the Yukon River kept water levels well above the riverbanks, according to the National Weather Service.

RIVERS RISE: Ice dams created by heavy snowfall, thick ice and heat. Published: May 4th, 2009 10:10 PM Last Modified: May 4th, 2009 10:25 PM Cabins set sail.

An old-timer died in Eagle City on April 6. One of the last of the old breed, they say.