With intense storms expected to increase, experts want more data to support flood forecasts and infrastructure investments that keep communities out of harm’s way.
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Retired trooper to review Alaska’s cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people
State officials announced Tuesday that Lonny Piscoya started in the job on Sept. 19, replacing Anne Sears, who retired last month.
As recovery begins, people in Hooper Bay worry about their village’s future
Although debris can be cleared and homes rebuilt, for many, a sense of security has been shattered.
‘Some of them just disappeared’: Essential pieces of life in Nome were lost in the storm
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.
Barry Arm landslide’s acceleration is ‘the opposite of reassuring,’ scientist says
The slope is moving faster than it has since 2020, at a rate of 1.6 to 2.7 inches per day.
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.