Category Archives: Alaska Water Level Watch News
Ex-Typhoon Merbok Post-Storm Data Response
Sept. 15, Extratropical Typhoon Merbok transited the Bering Sea impacting 40 Alaska Native communities and more than 1,300 miles of coastline. Visit this site to see the story about the post-storm data collection effort that was immediately coordinated to provide … Continue reading
Water Level Sensor Installed to Monitor Flooding at Kwigillingok
October 22, 2021 By Jacquelyn Overbeck, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Early in spring of 2021, the community of Kwgillingok experienced coastal flooding from a high tide (see https://www.kyuk.org/post/kwigillingok-experiences-severe-tidal-flooding). Although Kwigillingok has had coastal flooding in the past … Continue reading
Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy Supports Addressing Deficiencies in Water Level Network
July 6, 2020 By Jacquelyn Overbeck, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys The Alaska Mapping Executive Committee (AMEC)—a coordinated working group amongst federal agencies as well as the State of Alaska—recently released a strategy to map the coast of … Continue reading
Summer Surge on Kotzebue Sound
In July 2018, the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Coastal Hazards Program conducted coastal surveys at Kotzebue and Deering, Alaska to inform the elevation data used to create color-indexed flood communication maps. While surveying in Kotzebue, the program … Continue reading
JOA Surveys Installs Storm Response Water Level Sensors on Yukon Delta
Re-installation of the Tununak iGage
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys and Anchorage National Weather Service (NWS) staff travelled to Tununak to re-install a water level sensor that was damaged in winter of 2015. Continue reading