A weekend storm in Interior Alaska wreaked havoc as highways temporarily closed, thousands remain without power and the roof of Delta Junction's only grocery store collapsed:
Max Reuter wrestles with his snowblower while clearing his driveway along Bluegrass Drive Monday afternoon, December 27, 2021."This is probably the worst I've seen in since we moved here in 2015," Reuter said of the deep snow that had several inches of frozen crust on top, which made it challenging to cut through with his snowblower."I saw the weather forecast but wasn't expecting freezing rain all day and all night," he added.
“We’re hoping to have all power restored for everyone by Thursday,” she said. “But that kind of depends on exactly what comes with this next round of storms and what road conditions look like. If we get another round of additional outages, that timeframe might be pushed back.” Roads were coated with ice and snow Monday and driving is extremely dangerous, so there was not an emergency shelter set up for those who were facing extended power outages, Bailey said.
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