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  2. Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    It was the first flood control project completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. Originally, Lowell Creek ran through Seward along what is now Jefferson Street. Beginning with the town's establishment in 1903, the fast-moving stream produced one to three severe floods each year until the tunnel was built in 1939.

  3. 2009 Alaska floods - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 Alaska floods were a series of natural disasters taking place in the United States state of Alaska during April and May 2009. The floods were a result of heavier-than-normal winter snowfall and above-average spring temperatures that resulted in rapid melting of the winter snowfall.

  4. Alaska pummeled by hurricane-force winds near 130 mph as ...

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    The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds ... forced school closures and partially collapsed the Rabbit Creek Pedestrian Bridge along the Seward ...

  5. Powerful storm strikes Alaska bringing historic surge and ...

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    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.

  6. Seward, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Seward (Alutiiq: Qutalleq; Dena'ina: Tl'ubugh) is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States.Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.

  7. A broken distress call as waves swamped their boat near ... - AOL

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    May 30—U.S. Coast Guard officials say they tracked an aluminum boat carrying four people in rough seas miles from Seward for hours before what started as a daylong fishing trip turned into a ...

  8. Resurrection Bay - Wikipedia

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    Resurrection Bay, also known as Blying Sound, and Harding Gateway in its outer reaches, is a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, United States. Its main settlement is Seward, located at the head of the bay. The bay received its name from Alexandr Baranov, who was forced to retreat into the bay during a bad storm in the Gulf of Alaska.

  9. An estimated 290 residences damaged by flooding from lake ...

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    Roughly 290 residences in Alaska's capital city were damaged last week by flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, officials said. In addition to the homes and apartment and condo ...