Nome’s landscape is physically altered, with raw material scattered wildly, the coastline reconfigured, and camps that anchored generations of subsistence either flattened or gone.
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Shaktoolik residents say they need aid to rebuild their berm before winter storms hit
Shaktoolik Council member Agnes Takak says that without the protective berm, “our lives are at stake.”
Disaster response presents an early test for Alaska’s Rep. Peltola
She wants people in the nation’s capital to know of all the vehicles damaged in the storm and how important they are to a family’s food security.
Bering Sea storm should be a ‘wakeup call for Alaska,’ climatologist says
Tropical Storm Merbok initially formed farther to the east of Japan than one would expect and picked up energy from water that was much warmer than it used to be.
In Golovin, Alaskans shovel sand out of their homes after historic storm
After the flood waters, some were left with feet of sand in their homes.
Dunleavy to seek federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska storm
The declaration would make federal funding and support available for recovery efforts.
Mid-storm fire on Front Street destroys restaurant, spares the Nome Nugget Inn
Firefighters demolished the building Saturday evening to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings.
How you can donate to help Western Alaska storm relief
The director of the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says that money donations are better than donating items at this point.
Bering Strait communities plan to fly in drinking water after massive storm
The storm destroyed sea berms, knocked homes off their foundations and left some communities with contaminated drinking water.
Alaska National Guard begins to mobilize in wake of Western Alaska storm
The damage from the storm ranges across a thousand miles of Western Alaska, from Kuskokwim Bay all the way up through the Bering Strait.