So it's likely repair crews will have to barge in replacement material from Marshall, another Yukon River village. Much of the fine material that makes up the surface is gone, said transportation department spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy. Officials with that agency say a crew was expected to arrive in the Yukon River village Thursday to evaluate the damage. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is responsible for evaluating repairs in flood-damaged areas. The damage was worse at Russian Mission because most other airports were built at higher elevations so floodwaters didn't cover them as extensively, officials say. Some communities have damaged airport access roads but undamaged runways. State disaster officials this week said they were fielding reports of runways affected by floods from Circle, Fort Yukon, Crooked Creek and Kalskag.
Mike Dunleavy has declared a disaster for flood-damaged regions including the Northwest Arctic Borough and communities along the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Copper rivers. "There's been no fresh fruit, no fresh meat, no milk.
Freight is the big thing, food," he said. "Everybody's waiting on their mail and some freight. Now in his late 30s, he grew up in the village. People in Russian Mission are running low on groceries and some had to reschedule medical appointments, Larson said by phone Wednesday. It picked up "medically fragile individuals" - including one of Basil Larson's relations, who is pregnant - and brought them to Bethel. The helicopter delivered a medical provider and supplies, according to a state update. Last week, after the 3,600-foot gravel runway had been flooded for three days and eight or nine homes had been evacuated, state emergency officials helped coordinate an Alaska National Guard Blackhawk helicopter mission at the request of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp., the Bethel-based tribal health organization for the region. The airport partly reopened Thursday afternoon, with no lights until the water totally recedes, state officials say.
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