Storms tore more land away from Napakiak’s already heavily eroded riverbank in early August. About eight feet of bank fell into the Kuskokwim River, adding to the more than 100 feet of shoreline that has already been lost this year.

High water posed safety hazards and resulted in the removal of boardwalk but also allowed boats to go further up river than usual.

Winds gusted up to 46 mph and about 2.4 inches of rain fell from Friday to Sunday.

In early October 2013, local fishers Eli Nukapigak and Edward Nukapigak Jr. alerted wildlife officials to the discovery of “sick fish” in their nets near Nuiqsut. The aanaakłiq had fuzzy grayish-white patches on their bodies, fins, and heads. Cottony masses almost covered the eyes of some fish. None of the fishers in the community recalled seeing this condition before.

"We were lucky to have the berm in place. The next day, the water levels went down and the erosion was noticeable."

Several ground slides close E39 between Førde and Skei in Jølster. More than 150 people must be evacuated.

A new study has found permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted.

AKIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska community with a rapidly eroding riverbank is seeking funding to relocate homes, officials said. Money is available, but Akiak officials will have to go...

There are over one hundred and forty landslides along the Denali Park road, the 92 mile road through Denali National Park and Preserve. None are more threatening than the Pretty Rocks Landslide at Polychrome Pass.

It is believed that the area was once-fertile land and a township stretching for 20 miles.

Akiak City Administrator David Gilila says the village is in danger of becoming an island in the Kuskokwim River.

Above average snowfall at the headwaters of the Kuskokwim, and early break up, led to higher than average river flows past Aniak. The river banks are eroding, threatening community infrastructure.

Napakiak doesn’t have a boat landing anymore. Storms over the past week ate huge chunks from the Kuskokwim riverbank close to the city school and fuel

Both sides of Cook Inlet are eroding near Tyonek. The erosion is reaching old and new growth trees, and causing more debris to fall in to the Inlet, which easily get caught in set nets.

Scientists confirm loss of ‘Pearl’ island, while schoolchildren using satellite maps identify one of the new icy Russian isles.

Thousands of years old ice disappears all over Norway. Dag Inge Bakke (42) is among those struggling to save the frozen archive of the past.

Deadly floods in northern Chile left homes and roads destroyed.

The spectacular natural formation near Haines Junction has become a big draw for visitors.

The incident appears similar to an oil and gas release in 2017 blamed on thawing permafrost and hot production fluids.