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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1106 AM AKDT SUN MAY 10 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLOOD HUGHES 66.04N 154.26W
05/10/2026 YUKON-KOYUKUK AK PUBLIC
A SIGNIFICANT ICE JAM FLOOD IS UNDERWAY IN
HUGHES. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE
FIRST ICE JAM SET UP ON FRIDAY AND RELEASED
SATURDAY AROUND 6 PM. THEN THAT ICE JAMMED
AGAIN AND SENT WATER RAPIDLY INTO DOWNTOWN
HUGHES, INUNDATING THE AIRPORT, PART OF THE
SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE
LOW-LYING RIVERFRONT PART OF HUGHES. LOCAL
RESIDENTS ARE SHELTERING AT THE COMMUNITY
HALL, WHICH IS ON HIGHER GROUND.
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