Major flooding has carried off entire homes in western Alaska and fire engulfed a building in Nome, but miraculously no injuries have been reported as communities recover from the aftermath of this weekend's historic storm. LATEST UPDATES:
The storm is still impacting areas in northwest Alaska. Alaska’s News Source spoke with Jeremy Zidek with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Sunday morning regarding damages and the state’s response to communities impacted by this historic storm.
Zidek said the state is working with a full range of partners, including the Alaska National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA, the American Red Cross of Alaska and others to bring resources where needed. At a Saturday evening press conference, Governor Dunleavy pledged that the response and recovery from this historic storm is his “administration’s number one priority” adding that “we won’t fully know the extent of the damage and needs of all the communities affected until after a complete assessment is made.”
More good news, as of this writing, the National Weather Service has canceled all advisories and warnings for wind along the western coast as maximum wind gusts from the Seward Peninsula and areas along the northwest coasts are likely to stay below 60 m.p.h. overnight and into Sunday. Zidek explained that it would be extremely difficult to perform rescue efforts in the current conditions.“Mother nature is angry.”
“We got a house in the Snake River that is floating upstream if you can believe that, because the winds are strong enough and pushed it up towards a bridge,” Kosto said.
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