** ADDS PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME **Resident Gary MIllard moves debris from the road in front of his home Thursday, May 7, 2009 in Eagle, Alaska. The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history. There was a dramatic rise in water level, about 4 feet, late Wednesday evening, taking water to its highest level of the flood. But about midnight, the water started to recede, National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said.
Hal Fitzgibbons photographs his friends home Thursday, May 7, 2009, among the jumble ice left behind after the Yukon River receded at Eagle, Alaska. The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history. There was a dramatic rise in water level, about 4 feet, late Wednesday evening, taking water to its highest level of the flood. But about midnight, the water started to recede, National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said.
Joanne MacDonald, right, helps Ben Juneby , both of the old Native village of Eagle, Alaska, on Thursday, May 7, 2009, fill out disaster relief claims. The Yukon River destroyed the small village when it flooded Sunday forcing large pieces of river ice out of its banks.
Volunteers carry donated items into the Eagle School Friday morning, May 8, 2009, for victims of the Yukon River flood, in Eagle, Alaska. The small community on the banks of the Yukon River near the Canadian/Alaskan border has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history.
In this May 7, 2009 photo, Riba DeWilde, of Eagle, Alaksa, and Don Shircel, of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, survey the damage to the old village of Eagle. The small Native village on the banks of the Yukon River was destroyed by river ice and flooding from an ice jam on the river.
Public Health Nurse Andrea Dubenezic, left, helps Stacey Pare' of Eagle, Alaska, clean her cat Moo Wow on Thursday night, May 7, 2009. The animal was found among the debris of Pare's home which was destroyed by the flooding Yukon River. The two were cleaning heating oil and other contaminates from the cat.
Volunteers unload a pickup full of donations Friday morning, May 8, 2009, for victims of the flooding in Eagle, Alaska. The small community on the banks of the Yukon River near the Canadian/Alaskan border has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history.
Traffic passes by an outhouse and jumble ice left on First Street in Eagle, Alaska, on Thursday, May 5, 2009, after the Yukon River flooded the area. An ice jam near a tiny Alaska village that caused heavy flooding and knocked several buildings off their foundations has broken, allowing the swollen Yukon River to recede, authorities said.
Tanana Chiefs Confrence president Jerry Isaac, sitting right, visits with Danny David, sitting left, Thursday, May 7, 2009, in a camp set up by residents of the old Native village of Eagle, Alaska. The Yukon River flooded last Sunday night forcing large chunks of river ice out of the banks of the river.
FILE - This 1993 file photo shows the Eagle Trading Company building in Eagle, Alaska. Floodwater and jumble ice from the Yukon River in May 2009 has damaged this and other historical buildings in the village. An ice jam on the Yukon River has caused the worst flooding in the village of Eagle in recorded history, authorities said, Thursday, May 7, 2009.
The Eagle Trading Company's cafe, left, is seen pushed into the hotel by flood water and jumble ice from the Yukon River on Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Eagle, Alaska. The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history. There was a dramatic rise in water level, about 4 feet, late Wednesday evening, taking water to its highest level of the flood. But about midnight, the water started to recede, National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said.
The Holland America Yukon Queen II sits among trees and destroyed buildings after the Yukon River receded Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Eagle, Alaska. The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history. There was a dramatic rise in water level, about 4 feet, late Wednesday evening, taking water to its highest level of the flood. But about midnight, the water started to recede, National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said.
In this May 7, 2009 photo, residents of the old Native village of Eagle gather with representatives of the Tanana Chiefs Conference on Thursday, May 7, 2009, in a camp set up after the flooding Yukon River destroyed their village. TCC was helping the residents fill out disaster relief claims.
Sharon,Hamilton of Eagle, Alaska, sorts food items Friday morning, May 8, 2009, donated for victims of the Yukon River flood. The small community on the banks of the Yukon River near the Canadian/Alaskan border has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history.
Jumble ice sits in the yard of an Eagle, Alaska, home Thursday, May, 7, 2009. An ice jam near a tiny Alaska village that caused heavy flooding and knocked several buildings off their foundations has broken, allowing the swollen Yukon River to recede, authorities said.
** ADDS PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME **A cabins sits on amongst ice and debris on Thursday, May 7, 2009, after flood water and jumble ice from the Yukon River moved it from its original location in Eagle, Alaska. The ice jam on the Yukon River has broken near Eagle, a small community that has suffered its worst flooding in recorded history. There was a dramatic rise in water level, about 4 feet, late Wednesday evening, taking water to its highest level of the flood. But about midnight, the water started to recede, National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb said.
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