A coastal flood warning and high wind warning was in effect through Sunday for Alaska's Southern Seward Peninsula Coast. Its really kind of an impressive display of computational power that it was able to get the strength, the intensity, the direction and the potential impacts several days in advance, he said. It was. State of Alaska Pro Bono Service Providers listed with description and contact information. A powerful storm is slamming Western Alaska, with reports of major flooding, high winds and widespread damage in numerous coastal communities. He said empty fuel tanks and boats floated to the other side of the river, and that a handful of boats sank. She estimated the berm was destroyed between about 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Saturday. But that may have been the most serious injury reported from Toksook Bay, according to Lincoln. Gene Stone, the superintendent, said the district has been providing food, shelter and basic necessities at the school. What comes next? 7 p.m.: Hooper Bay, the hardest hit school in the Lower Yukon. Dunleavy said Saturday no injuries were reported. Flooding on Front Street in Nome Saturday morning. In Bethel, Browns Slough has flooded parts of the east side of the city. Lincoln spread his jacket wide and leaned forward, wondering if the wind was strong enough to lift him into the air. Sarah Palin is one disaster we can actually avoid, the narrator says. Coastal communities can still expect to see high surf. Hooper Bay, pop. Ranked-choice didn't prevent the recent New York Democratic mayoral primary from getting nasty - or confusing some voters, as candidate margins shifted during multiple rounds of ballot tabulation. Me and John [her husband] were so worried because were right by the ocean, Andrew said. Holy Cross and Nunpitchuk: There are reports of a tree on a downed power line in Holy Cross and a leaning power pole in Nunapitchuk. The storm started to get halfway up the beach around 6 p.m. last night, Daniels said. Alaska Election Results Midterms 2022 Mary Hall Updated: Nov 6, 2022 / 04:07 PM CST ( NewsNation) Alaska voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in some important races in the 2022 midterm elections. i miss him alot he was my cousin liveing with me. Shrugging off party labels and the kind of political trench warfare common in other parts of the US is, according to some, the Alaska way. Stone works out of the districts headquarters in the Yukon River community of Mountain Village, which was pounded with 40 mile an hour winds on Friday night. Stone says she and other staffers are doing a good job of meeting the needs and making the health and safety of the entire village their top priority. Tall said the high tide is still up to the road, and many homes are still without electricity. He said the state had worked with communities in the lead-up to Friday before the storm hit to implement their local emergency plans. Americas. Were still very much within the event.. About 300 hundred were expected on Saturday. Buoys on Friday recorded waves of more than 50 feet in the south central Bering Sea, and the lowest pressure ever measured in the sea in September was recorded Friday, but remained unverified, Shriver said. With water levels still rising Saturday in the northern Bering Sea, Thoman warned that were not done with the storm, with further flooding expected in Shishmaref and Kotzebue along the Chukchi Sea, and in Nome as water moves east into Norton Sound. Embracing as many sides as possible might help officials stay in office, says Bill Chapman, who works for the US Army in Anchorage - but it means eventually falling victim to "not standing for anything". "We're expecting water levels to continue to rise," he said. About a third of the community has relocated to Mertarvik, a new village site nine river miles upstream from Newtok. So yeah, its pretty devastating to witness something like this.. Snow-capped mountains rise like jagged blades across much of the state's landscape. Schools across Norton Sound in the storms path have opened as shelters for the public, with their superintendent saying more water is yet to come overnight. The riverbank eroded between 10 and 20 feet overnight. Now, because the town is underwater, its impossible to tell how much more of the riverbank has disappeared. "I understand that people have strongly felt views, but when they are turned to personal attacks it's a demonstration of the fact that they no longer want to talk about the issues, they just want to decimate someone". The rest of the community is expected to move there in the coming years as more homes are built. Ive never seen the flooding to be this high, Nelson, a lifelong Napakiak resident, said. A second, weaker pulse related to the front was expected to come ashore Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. 1725 - Peter the Great of Russia commissioned a Danish sea captain, Vitus Bering, to explore the Northwest coast of Alaska. Even as the tide goes out, some water will continue ponding, or remaining in areas where its not able to recede. The change comes too late for Alaska Republicans, like Geisell, ousted in primaries in recent elections, but it may be just in time for another Alaska politician - and the results could have national implications. In the Lower Yukon School District, all eyes are on Hooper Bay, a community that hugs the Bering Sea Coast. pic.twitter.com/oX5XZPHIti, So the worst has either happened or will be happening, say in the next six to 12 hours, depending where youre at, Thoman said. Then there were a series of odes to service, duty and the military. Aside from Alaska responders, Sausen said teams include people from about 15 different states. The Yukon Delta could see its worst flooding of the event. He said that as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok dissipate, water levels in Nome were expected to fall. Those projects and others, often supported by property tax breaks, are improving pockets of downtown, observers say. At the moment, Alaska is the . The school has basic supplies, but Taraba said they are hoping to get cots and more water bottles. I would say this storm may have been worse but we were prepared, Hunter said. The mission of the Alaska Court System is to provide an accessible and impartial forum for the just resolution of all cases that come before it, and to decide such cases in accordance with the law, expeditiously and with integrity. 1942-03-09 Construction of the Alaska Highway begins. According to the National Weather Service, the storm is the strongest to hit Western Alaska in the month of September since at least 2005, when records of storms like this began. The other two places in the Senate race were too early to call. Fed by the remnants of a typhoon, the storm in the Bering Sea could bring hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding. The Bar also provides continuing legal education and other member services. Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour. Committee planning meetings are every Tuesday at 6:30 PM at Centennial Hall. Napakiak is 54 river miles inland on the lower Kuskokwim River and tidally influenced. At video briefing on the storm Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Ed Plumb said the front surpassed those expectations, at least when it came to storm surge, which measured 6 to 8 feet above median high tide Saturday at Point Hope in the Chukchi Sea and at 10 to 12 feet along the Bering Sea coastline. The districts schools that opened as shelters during the storm include Gambell, Golovin, Savoonga, Shaktoolik and Unalakleet, with the Elim school expected to become available as a shelter later in the day. Wind tore off roofs. She said residents were working together to help each other amid extensive damage to local homes and the collapse of the local radio tower. A low pressure front in the Bering Straight was spinning as wide and strong as any winter storm, but instead of bringing cold weather, it was fed by the volatile air from the former Typhoon Merbok, forecasters said. Becky Bohrer, Associated Press. Thousands of miles away, the state of Alaska has a rich history of exactly that kind of political co-operation. All rights reserved. Although she has at other times cast votes that angered liberals, she is exactly the type of moderate Republican who could form the backbone of Biden's efforts at forging compromise across the aisle. Peltola, Begich and Palin were also competing in a special election to serve the remainder of the late-Rep. Don Young s term, which ends early next year. Most Relevant is selected, so some comments may have been filtered out. Many people came to the school to pick a mid-day meal, since their houses are safe to sleep in but their power is out, so theyre not able to make food at home. We are working closely with our partners at @AlaskaDHSEM, @AKNationalGuard, @USCGAlaska, @AlaskaDOTPF, & local teams to assist with the response to the storm affecting Western AK. Here is an image from the Port of Nome (courtesy of Alaska Ocean Observing System). A video recorded Friday in Hooper Bayshowed water flooding homes and wind tearing off roofs: 10:15 a.m.: Water has stopped rising in Golovin, but many residents were forced from their homes overnight. We also dont have any request for emergency assistance from any communities, but we do know that there has been widespread flooding in communities all the way from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta up into the Norton Sound area where the storm is most severe, he said. If we hear from these communities and If the community needs us, we will be there, Sausen said. In the race for Alaska governor, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy to declare a disaster for affected areas. 6,779 earthquakes in the past 365 days. So we dont know what to expect, and were just going to have to go on their word., Now that the berm is gone, Andrew said, I dont know whats going to happen with the second hit.. This year, Scammon Bay city administrators preemptively informed residents of the flood risk and advised them to stage their boats further from the water. And then we had our meeting this afternoon to just brace for tonight because the water has flooded in so much that its at a high, high level, and then we expect high tide at about 4 a.m. tonight, Nezda said. IE 11 is not supported. He said most communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta should see water begin to recede, since high tide was around 11 a.m. Saturday. A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska late Wednesday night, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the state and a tsunami watch as far as Hawaii. It also leveled many of their storage sheds. He said aside from the berm, he was also concerned about the storm-fueled erosion that occurred a few miles from town, tearing into the coastline. I was sent to the hospital with major injuries that took months to recover from. Peltola, a former lawmaker who most recently worked at a commission whose goal is to rebuild salmon resources on the Kuskokwim River, has cast herself as a consensus builder. That includes the state's unique, stubbornly independent politics. 2023 Anchorage Daily News. Top-two open primaries in California have resulted in both moderate and liberal Democrats advancing to the general election, giving voters in districts that would never elect a Republican a more palatable choice in November. While Murkowski and other moderates have reason to be hopeful, it's still difficult to predict exactly how the new system will play out. Members who backed the delay said they needed a better understanding of the potential funding sources and costs. 11:45 a.m.: Massive storm is worst-case scenario, says climatologist. 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Napakiak has been moving buildings away from the eroding river bank for decades. Sundown Solstice Music Festival features dozens of hip-hop, pop and electronic dance artists to four stages in Cuddy Park. I still think about her a lot, even though it's been almost 10 years since she died. The winds are expected to shift and the seas to pound the coastline again. Nome has just the water level there has just gone to 10.3 feet, which now makes us the highest water level in Nome since the Great 1974 Storm; obviously, just tremendous damage in Golovin. The school sits only yards away from the Kuskokwim, and construction began this summer to demolish the back half of the building before it fell into the river. Ostman said Kuskokwim Delta villages are seeing flooding in low-lying areas, including in Napakiak, Oscarville and Napaskiak. This is the first time Ive seen it this bad, Imgalrea said. In any case, for Alaska, next year's vote will be a real test of whether partisan polarisation has firmly taken hold - that Alaska isn't special anymore - or if the election reformers have found a way stem the tide and set an example for the rest of the US. One of the more striking aspects of the storm from a climate perspective, Thoman said, was its arrival so early during Alaskas winter storm season. In November last year, voters narrowly approved a possible solution - a plan that radically restructures how the state votes, and one of the most sweeping overhauls of a state-level electoral process in modern US history. So I think, from the impact side, its not just one or two communities got slammed, its a large, large area over a large distance has been very strongly impacted.. Mario Bird, the mayors acting chief of staff, said that the nominees have unique qualifications and know the value of libraries. Our mission is to provide high quality civil legal services to low income and disadvantaged people and communities to protect their safety, their health and promote family stability. Trump was acquitted. By late Saturday afternoon, Sookiayak said he had not heard of any storm-related injuries, and said everyone was accounted for. Bird has been working in an acting role in the position since April, replacing Adam Trombley, who resigned. "I had someone send me an anonymous letter calling me a Rino slut earlier this year," she says. 5:15 p.m.: Storm destroys Shaktooliks berm, its main protection from the sea, Shaktoolik has lost its berm to the storm, according to the communitys mayor, Lars Sookiayak. Vogel said the tank does not belong to Crowley but to the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative. 1:27 p.m.: Storm leads to serious river erosion in Newtok. Hundreds of people across multiple communities are sheltering in schools, which are serving as emergency evacuation centers. "It's very discouraging to have radical views from a political party trying to drive where people vote, how people vote and who might be affiliated with their party," she says. Still in Newtok, Johns main concern now is how much water is going to come back in with the next high tide. In Toksook Bay Friday night, lifelong resident Noah Lincoln took his four-wheeler out toward the cliffs to watch the waves roll in. Alaska used to be different. The extent of the storms damage wasnt immediately clear Saturday, but social media posts from several communities documented high winds, high waters and power outages overnight and into the morning. The water has begun receding in many areas, but further north, the peak of the storm surge is forecast to hit later Saturday night. Please check your inbox to confirm. Read about our approach to external linking. Weather Today Weather Hourly 14 Day Forecast Yesterday/Past Weather Climate (Averages) Currently: 55 F. Nome Mayor John Handeland told the Anchorage Daily News that an unoccupied home which had been swept into the Snake River and collided into a bridge over the river seen in a photo posted online by state transportation officials was likely to fall apart without damaging the bridge. If youre interested in speaking with a reporter, please reach out: news@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8444. He said the district is using supplies from its school lunch program and has plenty of food to feed people for now. Anchorage has seen the windiest June so far in more than 50 years. There hasnt been a September storm this strong in the northern Bering Sea region in the past 70 years, tweeted Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. He said there may be an oil spill. Were almost becoming an island, he said. Walker is running with Heidi Drygas and Gara with Jessica Cook. Several Alaskans said celebrating Pride feels especially important this year as LGBTQIA2S+ community members have been increasingly targeted in legislation and other measures pursued in the state and across the country. Ostman said to watch out for high water. Sookiayak called on the community to evacuate to the local school early Saturday morning. 1942-10-29 Alaska highway completed. We have people that are safe and warm, he said. All told, this is the strongest, fastest economic growth anywhere in the world in the world. The highest water levels are not expected until early this afternoon, so flooding will likely get worse, the weather service said in a Facebook post. In Alaska, one is constantly reminded of the power of nature. If you would like to see prior earthquakes, visit our interactive map HERE The spirit of compromise that had characterised Alaska politics, according to many at the parade, is a weakness. He credits community leaders for pulling people together. Time Zone. Nearly all of Alaskas western coast remains under a flood warning through Sunday morning, with the weather service warning of water inundating low-lying property and shoreline erosion.