Road traffic to Valdez, Alaska, was cut off from the rest ... backup of water” that gathered behind the “avalanche dam.” The flood watch remained in effect until noon on Monday.

Valdez's main road was covered in snow and flood waters from a nearby river Kelli ... The residents of Valdez, Alaska, aren’t going anywhere, unless they have a helicopter.

The area near Valdez is ... causing water to flood the Richardson Highway, the department said. The only roadway to the city of 4,100 people, and the last stop of the trans-Alaska pipeline ...

The city of Valdez remained shut off from Alaska's road system Monday in the ... The river was first dammed by a natural avalanche, Coffey said, and a second avalanche that was triggered by ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Highway access ... Efforts during the weekend to clear avalanche zones were been delayed when two people walking toward Valdez on Saturday refused orders to stop.

While more than half-a-mile of Alaska's Richardson Highway remains underneath water and snow, life in Valdez goes on for those affected by a Friday night avalanche. More than 40 feet of snow ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Avalanche conditions remain too unstable to clear a highway into the Alaska city of Valdez, state transportation officials said Tuesday. Two major avalanches and 10 or so ...

VALDEZ, Alaska ... this city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline, the only road to Valdez has reopened. Crews finished clearing away the remaining avalanche debris, and there was no ...

Ah, the open road: The lone highway into Valdez, Alaska, is finally clear, but residents say being cut off by land wasn’t that big of a deal. Six miles of the Richardson Highway in and out of ...

education coordinator and forecaster with the Alaska Avalanche Information Center in Valdez. She said it’s not uncommon to see avalanches, but the abnormal, above-freezing temperatures over the ...

A massive pile of avalanche ... Valdez is prepared to ride out being cut off. Groceries have been replenished at the town supermarket. Extra flights to and from Anchorage were added. The Alaska ...