Staff Writer
NBC News
Grocery store shelves are stocked, (click here) express mail is on its way, and additional flights and ferries are available.
As life in Valdez, Alaska, marches on after an avalanche cut off the tiny port city’s only highway, transportation officials are monitoring another hazard: A half-mile-long lake now pooling behind the avalanche that has the potential to cause flash flooding and damage to homes.
Officials say there isn’t an immediate danger in the Keystone Canyon area, although an updated report is expected Tuesday.
“There are just too many unknowns at this point,” statewide maintenance engineer Mike Coffey told the Anchorage Daily News....
There are many planes flying in Alaska. It is preferred transportation in some areas.
