Two days after temperatures dipped below -5F in Hooper Bay, they shot above freezing, and it started to rain. Water started to flow through a crack in the sewage lagoon wall that had formed in the cold. After several days of rain, the wall broke open.
As of March 4, the community was still trying to plow through heavy snow to the beach to get sand to fill the hole.
Hooper Bay’s city administrator, Sandra Tall-Lake, said that the nearby village of Scammon Bay was in the process of sending sandbags and transmission oil for heavy equipment.KYUK is our partner station in Bethel. KTOO collaborates with partners across the state to cover important news and to share stories with our audiences.Get notifications about news related to the topics you care about. You can unsubscribe anytime.