The remnants of a typhoon have left low-lying parts of western Alaska's coast underwater, but the full impact may not be known for days.
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Dozens of small, primarily Indigenous communities dotting the coast face unique challenges as they try to recover from the damage before winter comes, according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center.“All of these communities, there’s basically no road connections to any of them,” Thoman said. “It’s a very different setup than anywhere in the lower 48.”
“If your power plant goes out, you can’t get power from somewhere else if it isn’t a generator at your house,” Thoman said. It’s not new for Alaska to be hit with the fallout from a former typhoon, Thoman said, but this one came fast and furious, taking a shorter path than usual.It was also unusually massive, larger than Texas and almost as big as Alaska proper, according to Kaitlyn Lardeo, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. Most of the affected areas saw winds between 60 and 80 miles per hour, she said.
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