The remnants of a massive typhoon that battered a thousand-mile stretch of Western Alaska was dissipating Sunday morning, as it continued posing risks to communities on the Northwest Arctic coast.
The remnants of a massive Pacific typhoon that battered a thousand-mile stretch of Western Alaska was dissipating Sunday morning, as it continued posing risks to communities on the Northwest Arctic coast. Communities to the south begin assessing damage from one of the worst storms on record.
“They’ve passed their climaxes for this event, which was either yesterday afternoon or overnight,” Lardeo said. “It’s either going to be a slow decent or the water’s just gonna start coming down.” As the worst of the wind and flooding subsides, the state’s Emergency Operation Center is assessing the damage, gathering reports of battered infrastructure and property from communities up and down the Bering Sea coast. Some of the most severe damage was reported in Chevak, Hooper Bay, Newtok, Nome, Shaktoolik, and Golovin.“The communities that were getting hit hard yesterday, that’s where we’re seeing a lot of the damages,” Zidek said. “There’s a lot of impacts all across the region.
As of Sunday morning, the status of air strips across the region was not fully known. Several runways were reportedly inundated Saturday and could not accept aircraft. According to Zidek the state is working to determine the extent of damage and debris on infrastructure that will be crucial to moving in supplies and personnel in the days ahead.
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