A bridge over the flooding Chilkat River along the Haines Highway on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Courtesy/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)
A bridge over the flooding Chilkat River along the Haines Highway on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Courtesy/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)

Emergency officials are warning of the possibility of flooding in the Chilkat Valley. 

In response to heavy rainfall across the region, the National Weather Service  in Juneau issued a flash flood watchacross much of the Upper Lynn Canal. That includes the communities of Skagway, Haines, Klukwan, Hoonah, Gustavus, Tenakee Springs, and…

Francisco Martínezcuello is the Chilkat Valley News summer reporter. Previously, he was in Southwest Alaska working for KYUK Public Media as a News Reporting Fellow from November 2022 through January...