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At the peak of the storm around Anchorage on Sunday, approximately 17,500 homes were without electricity, a number that had been reduced to less than 2,000 by Tuesday morning.
Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded ...
"Despite becoming post-tropical, the storm could end up restrengthening by the early and middle part of the new week as it merges with at least one another storm in the Gulf of Alaska," Lundberg said.
In Alaska, Ketchikan was put under a high wind warning as the remnants of the storm approached. Rainfall in Ketchikan was 6.69 in (170 mm) on October 17, a daily record. [ 27 ] After merging with another extratropical storm in the Gulf of Alaska , the remnants brought rain to parts of southern British Columbia , where Effingham Point , along ...
The bomb cyclone brought powerful gale-force winds and flooding to portions of Western North America. At its height, the storm cut the power to over 370,500 customers across the Western U.S. and British Columbia. [6] [1] [7] The storm killed at least two people; [4] damage from the storm was estimated at several hundred million dollars (2021 ...
Across much of western Alaska's coastline, the storm caused widespread erosion and coastal flooding from a combination of storm surge and waves estimated between 30 and 40 ft (9.1 and 12.2 m). [ 1 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The most significant effects were felt in and around Nome where sea levels rose 8.73 ft (2.66 m) above normal, flooding low-lying areas.
The strongest storm in a decade could be upon Alaska's western coasts this weekend as forecasters warned of a front bearing hurricane-force winds, massive seas, and enough rain for coastal flooding.
By January 5 as forecast, a powerful winter storm formed in the Gulf of Alaska from the trough, which dove southwards through British Columbia and the Western United States. The now mid-latitude cyclone then moved eastwards, bringing blizzard conditions to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains on January 7. Six states recorded whiteout ...