Evacuation alert lifted in Old Crow, Yukon, as risk of ice jam flooding passes

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· Posted: May 26, 2025 9:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

An evacuation alert for parts of Old Crow, Yukon, has been lifted, with h2o levels connected the adjacent Porcupine River present beneath flood levels.

"The hazard of crystal jam flooding has passed. Water levels whitethorn spell up and down implicit the adjacent week owed to snowmelt, but nary flooding is expected," Yukon's Emergency Management Organization (EMO) said successful an update Saturday afternoon.

With the evacuation alert for parts of Old Crow officially rescinded, residents are nary longer being asked to enactment prepared for a imaginable evacuation. A reception centre acceptable up for potential evacuees at Chief Zzeh Gittlit School has besides been closed, and the schoolhouse volition beryllium unfastened for classes connected Monday arsenic usual.

Yukon's EMO besides said that Dump Road, which was closed connected Saturday due to the fact that of flood risk, has reopened to 1 lane of traffic, and members of the exigency absorption squad successful Old Crow are moving to region flood barriers and measure immoderate harm that mightiness person occurred implicit the weekend.

However, residents are inactive being asked to conserve h2o for the adjacent fewer days.

Yukon's EMO said successful the update that its squad volition proceed to show h2o levels connected the Porcupine River.

Officials accidental updates are regularly posted connected the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation's Facebook page, and connected the territorial government's website.